Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-72-2-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Purdue University Drill Team, which includes participants of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as civilians. The President is speaking with Commanding Officer Tom Hutsell. Behind Hutsell is Drill Team Advisor Lieutenant Ernest Nordtvedt of the U.S. Navy (in uniform); Adjutant John Polk is right of Nordtvedt; Drill Team Advisor Staff Sergeant Eugene Ballheim of the U.S. Army is right of Polk. Three unidentified drill team members stand behind the officers. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.