Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29116
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (right, saluting), stand on the reviewing platform aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) as ships from the task force perform a 21-gun salute in honor of President Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing right of platform, from left to right, are: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Commanding Officer of USS Oriskany, Captain Herman J. Trum; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald "Jerry" Behn; Personal Secretary to the President Evelyn Lincoln; unidentified (in back); Assistant Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley; and two unidentified U.S. Navy officers; also pictured (standing left of platform): White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistants to the President Dave Powers, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and Larry O'Brien. [Spots on image are original to the negative.]