Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, holding hat) stands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison (mostly hidden, left of Vice Admiral Deutermann), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in front, second from right) walk behind President Kennedy. Several unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.