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An unidentified United States Navy admiral (center right, gesturing with his right hand) briefs President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) during a review of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet from the deck of the command cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (second from left) and Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia (far right, holding binoculars) look on.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses), Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (left, wearing binoculars), 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. Congressman George P. Miller of California (far left, wearing glasses) and Congressman Leslie C. Arends of Illinois (far right, wearing gray cap) stand in the background; others are unidentified.
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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.
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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.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) admires a cake prepared to commemorate his visit 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. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at left; Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders, USN (one of the sailors who baked the cake), stands fourth from right; crew members look on. President Kennedy boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with shakes hands with Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders (USN), during a cake-cutting ceremony to commemorate his visit 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; Officer Medders was one of the sailors who baked the cake. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed (in back, second from left) and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay (right of Assistant Secretary Reed) stand in the background; crew members look on. The President boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy cuts a cake commemorating his visit 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. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at far left; Commissary Steward Petty Officer First Class, Horace L. Medders, USN (one of the sailors who baked the cake), stands fourth from right; crew members look on. President Kennedy boarded the ship earlier that day at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy greets an unidentified United States Navy rear admiral upon boarding the cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1), command ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, dockside at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (back center) stands behind President Kennedy. The President boarded the ship for an overnight cruise to view fleet exercises.
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President John F. Kennedy looks through the periscope of ballistic missile submarine, USS Thomas A. Edison, dockside at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, during his visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. stands at right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); and an unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officer (on far edge of image).
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); and Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT. Unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, holding hat) stands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison (mostly hidden, left of Vice Admiral Deutermann), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in front, second from right) walk behind President Kennedy. Several unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Those standing behind President Kennedy include (L-R): Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Admiral Robert L. Dennison (wearing sunglasses), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) sit in the back seat of a convertible during their visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), with back to camera, sits in front.
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Cameramen film President John F. Kennedy (far right, seated at desk) as he delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. Those standing in the background include (L-R): Senator George Smathers (Florida), and White House Secret Service agents Dennis Halterman and Gerald “Jerry” Blaine. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Cameramen film President John F. Kennedy (far right, seated at desk) as he delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. Those standing in the background include (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Senator George Smathers (Florida); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; and White House Secret Service agents Dennis Halterman and Gerald “Jerry” Blaine. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Cameramen film President John F. Kennedy (far right, seated at desk) as he delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. Those standing in the background include (L-R): Senator George Smathers (Florida), and White House Secret Service agents Dennis Halterman and Gerald “Jerry” Blaine. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Cameramen film President John F. Kennedy (far right, seated at desk) as he delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. White House Secret Service agents Dennis Halterman and Gerald “Jerry” Blaine (arms folded) stand in the background, left of doorway. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) speaks with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The President met with members of the EXCOMM that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) speaks with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze (mostly hidden behind the President), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The President met with members of the EXCOMM that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (right) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy met with Secretary McNamara and other members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Clockwise from top right side of table: Under Secretary of State George Ball, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson, Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (mostly hidden), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone (mostly hidden behind Director Foster). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. (L-R) President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. (L-R) President Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (seated). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) speaks with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The President met with members of the EXCOMM that day regarding the crisis in Cuba.