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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (center, 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. Also pictured: Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; 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.