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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-79-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, before departing from Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; President Kennedy visited NOTS to view weapons demonstrations. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., walks right of Secretary Korth; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr., shakes hands with White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, at far right. A military band performs in the background at left. Also pictured: Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin, Charlie Kunkel, Toby Chandler, and Sam Sulliman; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Scratches in top portion of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29095
President John F. Kennedy (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. Left to right: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (wearing sunglasses, at edge of frame); President Kennedy; unidentified; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified; Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (in back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; agents, Sam Sulliman and Bill Greer (facing away). [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]