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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29093
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) 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. Seated in reviewing stand (left to right): White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; President Kennedy; unidentified; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]