Description

Earl P. Yates, left, salutes Tazewell T. Shepard Jr. at a podium during the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVA67). Members of the Kennedy family and John A. Volpe sit on the dais behind them. Stamp on verso reads "Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 68-959 (23)". Original caption: "Commissioning of JFK". Used in: Technology Review, January 1969, p. 81.