Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-45-63
President John F. Kennedy (right, back to camera) views training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits scale a training structure using ropes and ladders at left. Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day, and Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (backs to camera), stand at far right.