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President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) speaks with Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia) aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Congressman George P. Miller of California (far left) and Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia (partially hidden, wearing blue hat, right of President Kennedy) stand in the background; others are unidentified. The President sailed aboard the cruiser to view fleet exercises.
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The Flag of the President of the United States (right of American flag) flies at the masthead of the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Crew members stand below. President John F. Kennedy sailed aboard the cruiser to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) admires a cake prepared to commemorate his visit aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at left; Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders, USN (one of the sailors who baked the cake), stands fourth from right; crew members look on. President Kennedy boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with shakes hands with Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders (USN), during a cake-cutting ceremony to commemorate his visit aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina; Officer Medders was one of the sailors who baked the cake. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed (in back, second from left) and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay (right of Assistant Secretary Reed) stand in the background; crew members look on. The President boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy cuts a cake commemorating his visit aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at far left; Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders, USN (one of the sailors who baked the cake), stands fourth from right; crew members look on. President Kennedy boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy greets an unidentified United States Navy rear admiral upon boarding the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, dockside at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (back center) stands behind President Kennedy. The President boarded the ship for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy looks through the periscope of ballistic missile submarine, USS Thomas A. Edison, dockside at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, during his visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at right.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at right) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; a North American Vigilante bomber jet aircraft (with tail number 150823) sits on the deck in the background. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth (pointing up towards the sky); Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; President Kennedy; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; and Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (far left), sits in the second row, directly behind the President.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at right) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Front row, left to right: Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; President Kennedy; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; and Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (mostly hidden). Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton, sits in the second row, directly behind the President.
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Military officials pose aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), during President John F. Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right: Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with military officials aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), during a visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right (in foreground): Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; and Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth. The President sailed aboard the aircraft carrier to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides, upon his arrival aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34), during a visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; a United States Marine Corps helicopter is visible in the background at left. Also pictured: Senator Clair Engle (California); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay.
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President John F. Kennedy (looking through binoculars) watches U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain's chair on the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Commander Harold F. Lang, USS Enterprise Operations Officer (in profile), stands left of President Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified United States Navy pilot on the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in profile, partially hidden), stands right of Admiral Dennison. President Kennedy delivered remarks from the hangar deck after observing U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises.
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United States Navy pilots (left) stand at attention as President John F. Kennedy (second from right) walks through the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), walks right of President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walks behind Admiral Dennison. President Kennedy delivered remarks from the hangar deck after observing U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch from the deck of the command cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1) as participating ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet pass in review, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. (L-R) Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back); unidentified United States Navy admiral; Congressman Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); and Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia (on far edge of image). [Bottom of image contains overlap from an unknown image.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center) speaks with U.S. Navy SEAL team members on the pier at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, before boarding the USS Northampton (CC-1) for an overnight cruise to view U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises. White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman (left of President Kennedy) stands in the background.
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Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake in California, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (left), presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile during his visit to NOTS' Michelson Laboratory; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean, stands at right. A portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, hangs on the wall in the background. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets pilot, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; Lieutenant Callahan flew in the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (wearing glasses), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand at right.
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Military officers and officials view weapons demonstrations from their seats in the reviewing stand during President John F. Kennedy's visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., sits at center. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (wearing sunglasses), and Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, sit in first row.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, back to camera) views weapons demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Seated left of President Kennedy, in first row of reviewing stand (left to right): Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses and shielding his eyes) views weapons demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Left to right: unidentified (at edge of frame); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff (standing in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (in back, partly obscured); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (partly obscured); United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton (standing in back, holding camera); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (at edge of frame).
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in first row (left to right): Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (mostly obscured); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Commanding Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr., and Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith (holding binoculars), stand near center right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in first row, left to right: Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Larry O'Brien and Kenneth P. O'Donnell.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at center, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated right of President Kennedy (left to right): Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay. Also pictured: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.