Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-415-9-62
Newly-appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Maxwell D. Taylor, stands with former Chairmen of the JCS during his swearing-in ceremony. Left to right (in foreground): General Omar Bradley; Admiral Arthur W. Radford; General Nathan F. Twining; General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; General Taylor. Also pictured, in the background: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (back to camera); Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: Light scratching throughout image is original to the negative.]