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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29092
President John F. Kennedy (center, 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): Undersecretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle of California (wearing safari hat); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (face partially obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (mostly obscured); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (facing away); Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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.]
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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.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29094
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses and pointing with his right hand) 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 first row of reviewing stand (left to right): Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (holding binoculars); President Kennedy; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Also pictured, seated in second row: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
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.]