Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29057
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. Also pictured (standing left of platform): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and Larry O'Brien; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Secretary to the Press Secretary, Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger. [Notes: Spots on image are original to the negative.]