Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7652-E
President John F. Kennedy and others observe as Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (at lectern, reading from a piece of paper), delivers remarks during the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad. Left to right: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (at microphones); General Norstad; Secretary McNamara. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.