Secret Service Code Names
PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND HIS FAMILY
- LANCER - President John F. Kennedy
- LACE - Jackie Kennedy (First Lady)
- LYRIC - Caroline Kennedy
- LARK - John F. Kennedy Jr.
VICE PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND HIS FAMILY
- VOLUNTEER - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
- VICTORIA - Lady Bird Johnson
- VELVET - Lynda Bird Johnson
- VENUS - Lucy Baines Johnson
ADVISERS, AIDES, AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
- FREEDOM - Dean Rusk, the Secretary of State
- WAND - Kenny O’Donnell
- WILLOW - Evelyn Lincoln, the President’s Personal Secretary
- WAYSIDE - Pierre Salinger, the White House Press Secretary
- MARKET - Dr. George Burkley, the President’s Personal Physician
- WATCHMAN - General Chester Clifton, the President’s Military Aide
- SILVER - Mr. Hays (Military Aides Office)
- WARRIOR - Malcolm Kilduff
- WING - General Godfrey McHugh, the President’s Air Force Aide
- WITNESS - Captain Tazewell Shepard, the President’s Naval Aide
- TIGER - Colonel James Swindal, the President’s Pilot
- TULIP - MBGT Magan (Corky), the Presidential Pilot OFC
- VIGILANT - Walter Jenkins
- TOURIST - Major Brown (Military Aides Office)
PLACES
- CASTLE- The White House (Mansion plus East and West Wing)
- CROWN - White House (Executive Mansion)
- CENTRAL - The Old Executive Office Building
- CHARCOAL / BASE - President’s Temporary Residence
- CABIN - Kennedy Compound at Hyannis Port (Massachusetts)
- CACTUS - Camp David
- HAMLET - Auchincloss Home on O Street (Washington DC)
- CHATEAU - President’s Home at Glen Ora (Virginia)
- CROSSROADS - Middleburg (Virginia)
- VOLCANO - LBJ Ranch (Texas)
- CALICO - The Pentagon (Arlington, Virginia) / Defense Communications Agency
- CORK - FBI Headquarters (Washington DC)
TRANSPORTATION
- ANGEL - Air Force One / Aircraft 26000
- SS 100 X - Presidential Limousine
- HALFBACK - Presidential Follow-Up Car
- VARSITY - Vice Presidential Follow-Up Car
- CARPET - White House Garage
- ACROBA - Andrews Air Force Base (for Air Force One)
- ALPHA / CATER / PATA - Army Helicopter Operations, Davison Field
- CHEER - Helicopter Operations, Anacostia
- CADET - Exec FLT Det, Davison Field
- NOMADUSN - Honey Fitz, the Presidential Yacht
- NEPTUNEUSN - President Yacht #2
- NIGHT HAWK - Marine Copters, Anacostia
- NOVICE - Crash Boat PT109
- ROCKFISH - Vice Presidential Speed Boat
COMMUNICATIONS
- CASTLE - Signal Corps Shops 26th Street
- SATCHEL - Presidential Courier / Bagman
- SPECTATOR - Gen. Sampson (Defense Communications Agency)
- SPUD - Mr. Nash (Messenger Service White House)
- STAR - Colonel George McNally, White House Communications Agency
- STURDY - Art Bales, White House Communications Agency
- SHADOW - Ira Gearhart, White House Communications Agency
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
- DOMINO - James Rowley, Chief of the Secret Service
- DUPLEX - Gerald Behn
- DEACON - Floyd Boring
- DAZZLE - Clint Hill, First Lady Detail
- DANDY - Lem Johns
- DIGEST - Roy Kellerman
- DAYLIGHT - Jerry Kivett
- DEBUT - Paul Landis
- DUSTY - Emory Roberts
- DAGGER - Rufus Youngblood
- DASHER - Tom Wells
- DRESSER - Bob Foster
- DRUMMER - Lynn Meredith
- DRAGON - Agent Campion
- DAPPER - Mr. O’Leary (Muggsy)
- HERMIT - Secret Service Field Office New York City
OTHER AND UNIDENTIFIED
- SMOKEYS - MAJ Duffy
- SUPERMBGT - Giordano
- WINNER - Mr. Hatcher
SOURCE: This list is compiled from ST448-1-62, Still Pictures, John F. Kennedy Library; and William Manchester, The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 (New York: Harper & Row, 1967) pp.xv-xvi., as noted in The Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis by David Coleman. W.W. Norton & Company, 2012.