Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7508-B
President John F. Kennedy presents the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (center). Looking on (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Representative George H. Mahon (Texas); Helen Decker; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (mostly hidden); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lt. General John C. Munn; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); General Maxwell D. Taylor; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; General Decker's son, James Inman Decker; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.