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Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (center left, standing under archway) speaks to President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) and others outside Pendleton Hall at the MCRD in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotels stands left of Colonel Day. Also pictured: Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).
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President John F. Kennedy (left) and Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (center), observe as a recruit receives a haircut in the barber shop of the MCRD in San Diego, California. Also pictured: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified recruit in the barber shop of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day, observes at center. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands left of President Kennedy.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) views a wall display at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotel (right, back to camera) gestures towards the display. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) observes as members of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Sea School honor guard pass in review, during an arrival ceremony in his honor at the MCRD in San Diego, California; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade, stands left of President Kennedy. The general staff of the MCRD (saluting) stand behind the President and Major General Wade.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) attends an arrival ceremony in his honor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade, stands beside President Kennedy. The general staff of the MCRD stand at attention behind the President and Major General Wade. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.