Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-66-63
President John F. Kennedy speaks with military officials aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), during a visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Left to right (in foreground): Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; and Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth. The President sailed aboard the aircraft carrier to view fleet exercises.