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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at right, 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): Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; President Kennedy; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California). Also pictured: Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair at left, mostly obscured) 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, right of President Kennedy: 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: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (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. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; unidentified (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Clair Engle (California); President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay.
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President John F. Kennedy and other distinguished guests watch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) as the destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) passes in review, during U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; President Kennedy; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; and Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton (second row, far left); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (second row, far right). [Notes: Spots on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy receives a rocking chair in honor of his visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; the back and seat covers on the chair were embroidered by Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (third from right). Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); President Kennedy; Boatswain's Mate Johnson; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth (in back); and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. [Notes: See also MO 63.1339a, "Carolina Rocker," in the Kennedy Administration collection; spots on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) and others walk past members of the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) flight deck crew after President Kennedy's arrival aboard the aircraft carrier, during a visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides, and Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton, walk to the left and right (respectively) of the President. Following behind, from left to right, are: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; unidentified (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (in back); and Commanding Officer of USS Oriskany, Captain Herman J. Trum. [Spots on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) exits a United States Marine Corps helicopter upon his arrival aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34), during a visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth follows behind President Kennedy; U.S. Navy seamen stand at attention.