Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28946
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).