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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29020
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) views training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits participate in physical fitness activities at right. Standing in group at left (left to right): White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; President Kennedy; unidentified (in back); Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade.