Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28969
President John F. Kennedy (center, holding sunglasses) visits with naval officers and others aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right: unidentified (back to camera); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr. (back to camera); Senator Clair Engle (California); Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (at edge of frame).