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White House Photographs
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Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (center left, standing under archway) speaks to President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) and others outside Pendleton Hall at the MCRD in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotels stands left of Colonel Day. Also pictured: Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).