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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-14-A
KN15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21128
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch from the deck of the command cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1) as participating ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet pass in review, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. (L-R) Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (wearing binoculars); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified United States Navy admiral (in back); President Kennedy; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); and unidentified.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21127
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) speaks with Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia) aboard the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Congressman George P. Miller of California (far left) and Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia (partially hidden, wearing blue hat, right of President Kennedy) stand in the background; others are unidentified. The President sailed aboard the cruiser to view fleet exercises.