Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18409
President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. (L – R): President Kennedy (back to camera, partially hidden by Roberta Burke); Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; Admiral Burke; John Connally, Jr., Secretary of the Navy (behind and right of Admiral Burke); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (far right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.