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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-16-B
ST33, KN40
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C400-25-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) holds a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Standing with President Kennedy are (L-R): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley, stands in the background at far right. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]