Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C414-4-63
During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (bottom right) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida.
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