Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy presents the Distinguished Service Medal to retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad; President Kennedy (center left) pins the medal to General Norstad's lapel. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stands at left, in the background; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (standing behind lectern), observes at right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.