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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) and Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits in the captain's chair in the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), off the coast of San Diego. Also pictured: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton.
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President John F. Kennedy sits in the captain's chair in the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands at left.
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President John F. Kennedy addresses attendees at a breakfast given by the Women’s Division of the Democratic State Central Committee of California at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
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President John F. Kennedy (lower left, standing on red carpet) greets a group of unidentified persons, following his arrival at the Beverly Hilton Hotel rooftop heliport in Los Angeles, California. Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, is visible at far left; President Kennedy traveled to Los Angeles to attend a Democratic Party fundraising dinner.
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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 in group at right (left to right): Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack W. Hough (in foreground, back to camera); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets pilot, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; Lieutenant Callahan flew in the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration. Standing right of President Kennedy in foreground (left to right): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets pilots who participated in weapons demonstrations during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot, Major Hal W. Vincent (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands at far left. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand right of President Kennedy; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, walks at far right.
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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 in the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands near center left. Those standing in group behind President Kennedy include: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack W. Hough; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) speaks with pilots, Lieutenant Anthony L. "Tony" Tambini II and Lieutenant William D. "Gus" Jones (wearing orange jumpsuits), following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; Lieutenants Tambini and Jones flew in Shrike missile bombing demonstrations. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand right of President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California) stands at far right.
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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 (leaning over table at center, holding a pen) signs a document following his arrival at the Beverly Hilton Hotel rooftop heliport in Los Angeles, California; President Kennedy traveled to Los Angeles to attend a Democratic Party fundraising dinner. Senator Clair Engle (California) stands on red carpet at left; White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen, kneels at far right. White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (holding camera), kneels near center right; additional still and motion picture photographers line the rope barrier at right.
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View of a smoke cloud following a bombing demonstration at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. [Notes: Discoloration and scratches are original to the negative.]
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Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (left, wearing safari hat and holding a bottle of beer), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (also holding a bottle of beer), observe activities during President Kennedy's visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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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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View of preparations for President John F. Kennedy's remarks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) following his viewing of U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; personnel set up microphones on podium at right. Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln, stands near center right, with an unidentified U.S. Navy officer.
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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.