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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28947
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with unidentified sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing right of President Kennedy (left to right): Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera). White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (holding camera), photographs near center right in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28946
President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified U.S. Navy lieutenant aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing left of President Kennedy in foreground (left to right): Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton (facing away).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28945
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in front row (left to right): Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (gesturing with right hand); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay (mostly hidden); Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (looking through binoculars); President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (back to camera); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28944
President John F. Kennedy (center) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in front row (left to right): Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28943
President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at center, back to camera) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated right of President Kennedy (left to right): Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (center left, seated behind the President).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29058
President John F. Kennedy (center) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (right, saluting), stand on the reviewing platform aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) as ships from the task force perform a 21-gun salute in honor of President Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton (saluting), stands at far right. Secretary to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger, stands left of reviewing platform.
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Laurence I. Hewes Personal Papers
LIHPP-001-002
This folder contains a publication titles "The Integration of the Negro into the United States Navy, 1776-1947," by Navy Lieutenant Dennis Denmark Nelson. The publication, originally written as Nelson's thesis for a Master of Arts degree at Howard University, discusses the history of participation in the U.S. Navy by Black service members, and analyzes issues related to racial integration in the military and the utilization of Black soldiers and other personnel.
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Laurence I. Hewes Personal Papers
LIHPP-001-006
This folder contains two reports: "Department of the Navy Organization, June 1962" and "Department of the Navy: A Description of its Functional Organization, May 1962."
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Laurence I. Hewes Personal Papers
LIHPP-001-005
This folder contains materials related to surveys sent by the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces to Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth, regarding the participation and treatment of Black personnel in the United States Navy and Naval Academy. Questionnaire topics include segregation and other discriminatory practices in recruitment, promotion, and on-base and off-base services, such as recreation, housing, and education for military dependents.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-040
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks aboard the USS Kitty Hawk following a task force weapons demonstration. In his speech the President explains the importance of the sea to national security, and commends his audience for their efforts to apply modern science and technology to maritime traditions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-043-043
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Robert L. Dennison of the United States Navy in the new flower garden of the White House. The press copy also includes remarks by Admiral Dennison.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-040-006
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's exchange of remarks with Commander Nicholas Mikhalevsky and Electrician's Mate First Class Gilbert M. Olsen aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. near Newport, Rhode Island. In his speech the President thanks the crew for their gift, a model of the ship, and discusses the importance of the ship to the Kennedy family.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-336-001
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 145 (NSAM 145) titled, "New Policy for the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands," to Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff from President John F. Kennedy. Also included are memoranda regarding a rescission of Executive Order 8683, under which the United States Navy exercised entry control into the Guam Island Naval Defensive Sea and Airspace Reservation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-006
This folder contains a report collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, from Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. The report, titled "An Evaluation of the Wagmight Concept," was conducted by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), and concerns Captain Cooper B. Bright's "Wagmight" proposal of an inflatable airplane.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-005
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President, and concern Captain Cooper B. Bright and his "Wagmight" proposal of an inflatable airplane. Topics also include his Bright's retirement from the Navy and a request for a court of inquiry.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-004
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President, and concern Captain Cooper B. Bright and his "Wagmight" proposal of an inflatable airplane. Topics also include Bright's retirement from the Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-003
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Materials concern the President's visit to the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. DD-850. Items include information about watching the America's Cup race from the ship, letters of invitation to Congressmen for the event, and a gift of a model of the ship from its crew.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-012
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President, and consist of newspaper clippings regarding the USS Constitution traveling to the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-011
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President, and concern the USS Constitution traveling to the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-010
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Materials concern the naming of new Naval vessels and include lists of candidates and letters of suggestions for candidates.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-009
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Materials concern the naming of new Naval vessels and include lists of prominent Americans and Native Americans as candidates and brief biographies of each candidate.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-007
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Materials concern the gift of Annandale Farm (formerly known as Armsea Hall) from the citizens of Rhode Island to the President as a permanent summer home for the President of the United States. Topics include using a portion of the estate for the Naval War College, and cost estimates for maintenance and operations. Of note is a map of the area.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-006
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Topics include White House landscaping, the Honey-Fitz, foreign affairs, Naval-related affairs, the Polaris missile program, developing a military strategy for the United States, the sale of rubber boats to Portugal, the balance of payments, the Buy American Act amendment, and ship building for foreign governments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068-004
This folder contains carbon copies of outgoing memoranda, dictated by President John F. Kennedy to his secretary Evelyn Lincoln, to the Department of Labor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the United States Navy. Topics primarily focus on domestic and foreign affairs.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18420
President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, back to camera); President Kennedy; Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; Admiral Burke (back to camera); General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and right of Admiral Burke); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (second from right); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, mostly out of frame); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.