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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. Looking on (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Congressman Charles Halleck (Indiana); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, wearing uniform); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and left of President Kennedy); Admiral Burke; Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, third from right); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (second from right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18410
President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. Looking on (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Congressman Charles Halleck (Indiana); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, wearing uniform); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania, partially hidden behind Commander Shepard); Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and left of Admiral Burke); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, second from right); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (far right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.