Charles A. McCon
On USN Destroyer
Denham Springs News
Norfolk, Va. (FHTNC)--Charles A. McCon, seaman, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. McCon of Route 1, Livingston, LA is
serving aboard the destroyer USS Bearss, observed by President
John F. Kennedy during a two-day visit on April 13 and 14 to the
Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, VA.
The President, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson members of the Washington diplomatic corps and U. S.
Congressmen, arrived in Norfolk the afternoon of April 13.
After a brief cruise in the fleet ballistic missile submarine USS
Thomas A. Edison, the Presidential party boarded the tactical
command ship USS Northampton to observe night air operations
by the attack aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and USS Forrestal.
The next morning, the President received full honors in a
review of the Second Fleet, and, following an anti-submarine
warfare exercise and an aerial firepower demonstration by the
Enterprise and Forrestal, his party observed amphibious assult
landings using both landing craft and helicopters at Onslo
Beach, N. C.
The presidential party returned to Washington late Saturday
afternoon.