Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-52-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands outside Pendleton Hall during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California. Also pictured: Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. [Notes: Scratches in top portion of image are original to the negative.]