Trip to Maryland, New York Florida: USS Observation Island, launching of a Polaris Missile, 11:45AM. During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: unidentified military officer (partially hidden on edge of frame); White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (in back); Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. See also MO 75.704, United States Naval Jacket