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President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) addresses pilots and sailors following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot for the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands at left. Standing right of President Kennedy (left to right): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack K. Hough; Senator Clair Engle of California (mostly obscured).
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President John F. Kennedy (second from right) visits Michelson Laboratory at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Left to right, in foreground: Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Edith LaVerne "LaV" McLean; Charles "Chip" Blenman III (wearing Boy Scout uniform); Rhea Blenman; Mark McLean; William L. "Bing" Blenman (wearing Boy Scout uniform); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California). [Notes: Blemishes at left edge and top of image are original to the negative.]
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Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake in California, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr., presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile during his visit to Michelson Laboratory at NOTS. Left to right: Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Captain Blenman (holding model); President Kennedy (also holding model); NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. A portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, hangs on the wall in the background. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection.]
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor (center), and Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (left), following a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) 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. Seated in reviewing stand (left to right): Undersecretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle of California (wearing safari hat); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (face partially obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (mostly obscured); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (facing away); Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) 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; a missile model sits on an elevated platform in the foreground. Seated in first row of reviewing stand at left (left to right): Senator Clair Engle of California (wearing safari hat); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphones) delivers remarks during a visit to Naval Air Station Point Mugu in Point Mugu, California. Standing on speakers' platform (left to right): Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (with a camera around his neck); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding Officer of the Pacific Missile Range, Rear Admiral John E. Clark (wearing sunglasses). Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester E. Clifton; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Charlie Kunkel, Emory Roberts, and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at center, wearing sunglasses) 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; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., sits at left in foreground. 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 (looking through binoculars).
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President John F. Kennedy (center, holding sunglasses) visits with naval officers and others aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right: unidentified (back to camera); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr. (back to camera); Senator Clair Engle (California); Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (at edge of frame).
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk at left) signs a photograph to commemorate his visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right: unidentified (in back); President Kennedy; Naval Assistant to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (holding a wrapped gift box); Commanding Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr.; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr.; unidentified (in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at center) 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 in front row (left to right): Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; President Kennedy; 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: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair near center left) 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. Those pictured include: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) visits with Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (center) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands at right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr., upon his arrival aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith, stands at center, right of President Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands at far left. [Notes: Discoloration at center of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at left, mostly obscured) 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 in front row, right of President Kennedy: 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: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (third from right, 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. Also pictured: Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at left, wearing sunglasses) 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 in front row, right of President Kennedy: 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: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) 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; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera), stands at center left. Standing in group with President Kennedy (left to right): unidentified; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; the President; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (mostly obscured, behind the President); Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, holding framed object) visits with military officers and others aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego. Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Commanding Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr.; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) greets an unidentified crew member aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton.
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President John F. Kennedy (at podium) delivers remarks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), after viewing U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Also pictured (standing right of podium): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with an unidentified flight deck crew member aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with unidentified sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing right of President Kennedy (left to right): Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera). White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (holding camera), photographs near center right in background.
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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).
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) 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 in front row (left to right): Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (gesturing with right hand); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay (mostly hidden); Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (looking through binoculars); President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (back to camera); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton.