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Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy (at bottom of airplane stairs) upon President Kennedy's arrival aboard Air Force One at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Walking down airplane stairs behind the President are from top left: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); and Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); others are unidentified. The President traveled to Virginia to begin a two-day visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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Standing on the reviewing platform in front of Air Force One, President John F. Kennedy (left, holding hat) and Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), face U.S. military honor guard troops (not pictured) during arrival ceremonies at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Those standing behind the platform include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell; and Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma). President Kennedy traveled to Virginia to begin a two-day visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.