Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29028
President John F. Kennedy (center) visits the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits (holding pugil sticks) stand at right and participate in rope climbing exercises in background. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes in top portion of image are original to the negative.]