Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23257
President John F. Kennedy looks up as United States Coast Guard Academy cadets man the yards of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) training barque, “Eagle,” in honor of President Kennedy’s visit. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Commandant of the USCG, Admiral Edwin J. Roland; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Representative James A. Byrne (Pennsylvania); Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Edward A. Garmatz (Maryland); Representative Herbert C. Bonner (North Carolina); Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia); Representative James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith. Cadets stand at attention in foreground. Pier Two, Washington Navy Yard Annex, Washington, D.C.