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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-72-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses and shielding his eyes) 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. Left to right: unidentified (at edge of frame); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff (standing in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (in back, partly obscured); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (partly obscured); United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton (standing in back, holding camera); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (at edge of frame).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29022
President John F. Kennedy (near center right) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center. Also pictured: Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; agents, Roy Kellerman and Toby Chandler; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.