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President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) addresses pilots and sailors following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot for the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands at left. Standing in group at right (left to right): Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack W. Hough (in foreground, back to camera); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).
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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. Standing right of President Kennedy in foreground (left to right): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets pilots who participated in weapons demonstrations during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot, Major Hal W. Vincent (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands at far left. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand right of President Kennedy; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, walks at far right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) addresses pilots and sailors following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot in the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands near center left. Those standing in group behind President Kennedy include: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack W. Hough; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) speaks with pilots, Lieutenant Anthony L. "Tony" Tambini II and Lieutenant William D. "Gus" Jones (wearing orange jumpsuits), following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; Lieutenants Tambini and Jones flew in Shrike missile bombing demonstrations. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand right of President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California) stands at far right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) addresses pilots and sailors following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot for the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands at left. Standing right of President Kennedy (left to right): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack K. Hough; Senator Clair Engle of California (mostly obscured).
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Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (left, wearing safari hat and holding a bottle of beer), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (also holding a bottle of beer), observe activities during President Kennedy's visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) 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 in reviewing stand (left to right): Undersecretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle of California (wearing safari hat); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (face partially obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (mostly obscured); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (facing away); Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphones) delivers remarks during a visit to Naval Air Station Point Mugu in Point Mugu, California. Standing on speakers' platform (left to right): Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (with a camera around his neck); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding Officer of the Pacific Missile Range, Rear Admiral John E. Clark (wearing sunglasses). Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester E. Clifton; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Charlie Kunkel, Emory Roberts, and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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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; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., sits at left in foreground. 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 (looking through binoculars).
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President John F. Kennedy (center, holding sunglasses) visits with naval officers and others aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right: unidentified (back to camera); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr. (back to camera); Senator Clair Engle (California); Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (at edge of frame).
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk at left) signs a photograph to commemorate his visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right: unidentified (in back); President Kennedy; Naval Assistant to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (holding a wrapped gift box); Commanding Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr.; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr.; unidentified (in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at 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 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; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at left, mostly obscured) 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 front row, right of President Kennedy: Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. 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.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at 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 front row, right of President Kennedy: Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, 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; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera), stands at center left. Standing in group with President Kennedy (left to right): unidentified; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; the President; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (mostly obscured, behind the President); Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, holding framed object) visits with military officers and others aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego. Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Commanding Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr.; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) greets an unidentified crew member aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton.
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President John F. Kennedy (at podium) delivers remarks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), after viewing U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Also pictured (standing right of podium): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with an unidentified flight deck crew member aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with unidentified sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing right of President Kennedy (left to right): Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera). White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (holding camera), photographs near center right in background.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified U.S. Navy lieutenant aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing left of President Kennedy in foreground (left to right): Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton (facing away).
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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 front row (left to right): 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. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at center, back to camera) 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; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (center left, seated behind the President).
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President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, back to camera); President Kennedy; Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; Admiral Burke (back to camera); General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and right of Admiral Burke); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (second from right); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, mostly out of frame); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.