Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28943
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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