Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-415-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) delivers remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of General Maxwell D. Taylor as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Looking on, beginning at the very back (left to right): Admiral Arthur W. Radford; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (mostly hidden); General Nathan F. Twining; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert (partially hidden); General Taylor; Pearle Davenport Taylor (in back, partially hidden); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Mary Happer, sister-in-law of General Taylor (partially hidden on edge of frame). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.