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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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28963
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 first row, left to right: Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; 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: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Larry O'Brien and Kenneth P. O'Donnell.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28951
President John F. Kennedy receives a rocking chair in honor of his visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; the back and seat covers on the chair were embroidered by Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (third from right). Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); President Kennedy; Boatswain's Mate Johnson; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth (in back); and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. [Notes: See also MO 63.1339a, "Carolina Rocker," in the Kennedy Administration collection; spots on image are original to the negative.]