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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-44-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits (holding rifles) lie in prone positions on the ground at right. Also pictured: Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Senator Clair Engle (California); Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29018
Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (center left, standing under archway) speaks to President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) and others outside Pendleton Hall at the MCRD in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotels stands left of Colonel Day. Also pictured: Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).