Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C53-1-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker. Left to right: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Helen Decker; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Representative George H. Mahon (Texas); Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lt. General John C. Munn (mostly hidden); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; President Kennedy (at microphones); General Decker; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; General Decker's children, James Inman Decker and Jane Decker Francisco; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.