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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left), arrive at Riseley Pier, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to view a demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations at Onslow Beach. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined President Kennedy in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walk directly behind the Shahanshah and the President. Those pictured in the background include (L-R): White House Secret Service agents Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Ernest “Ernie” Olsson, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke.