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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29069
President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) addresses pilots and sailors following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot in the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands near center left. Those standing in group behind President Kennedy include: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack W. Hough; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-72-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses and shielding his eyes) views weapons demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Left to right: unidentified (at edge of frame); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff (standing in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (in back, partly obscured); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (partly obscured); United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton (standing in back, holding camera); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (at edge of frame).