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The Flag of the President of the United States (right of American flag) flies at the masthead of the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Crew members stand below. President John F. Kennedy sailed aboard the cruiser to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) admires a cake prepared to commemorate his visit aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at left; Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders, USN (one of the sailors who baked the cake), stands fourth from right; crew members look on. President Kennedy boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with shakes hands with Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders (USN), during a cake-cutting ceremony to commemorate his visit aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina; Officer Medders was one of the sailors who baked the cake. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed (in back, second from left) and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay (right of Assistant Secretary Reed) stand in the background; crew members look on. The President boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy cuts a cake commemorating his visit aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at far left; Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders, USN (one of the sailors who baked the cake), stands fourth from right; crew members look on. President Kennedy boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy greets an unidentified United States Navy rear admiral upon boarding the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, dockside at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (back center) stands behind President Kennedy. The President boarded the ship for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy looks through the periscope of ballistic missile submarine, USS Thomas A. Edison, dockside at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, during his visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); and an unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officer (on far edge of image).
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); and Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT. Unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, holding hat) stands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison (mostly hidden, left of Vice Admiral Deutermann), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in front, second from right) walk behind President Kennedy. Several unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Those standing behind President Kennedy include (L-R): Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Admiral Robert L. Dennison (wearing sunglasses), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) sit in the back seat of a convertible during their visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), with back to camera, sits in front.
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President John F. Kennedy (looking through binoculars) watches U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain's chair on the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Commander Harold F. Lang, USS Enterprise Operations Officer (in profile), stands left of President Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified United States Navy pilot on the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in profile, partially hidden), stands right of Admiral Dennison. President Kennedy delivered remarks from the hangar deck after observing U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises.
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United States Navy pilots (left) stand at attention as President John F. Kennedy (second from right) walks through the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), walks right of President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walks behind Admiral Dennison. President Kennedy delivered remarks from the hangar deck after observing U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch from the deck of the command cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1) as participating ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet pass in review, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. (L-R) Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back); unidentified United States Navy admiral; Congressman Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); and Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia (on far edge of image). [Bottom of image contains overlap from an unknown image.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center) speaks with U.S. Navy SEAL team members on the pier at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, before boarding the USS Northampton (CC-1) for an overnight cruise to view U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises. White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman (left of President Kennedy) stands in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; unidentified military officer (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, mostly hidden); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (center left) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida.
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During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (center) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida.