Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father, Joe Kennedy Sr., was a successful business man who later worked for President Roosevelt during his presidency. His mother was a hard working house wife who took care of the family. The Kennedy family consisted of Joe, Jr., Bobby, Ted and sisters, Eunice, Jean, Patricia, Rosemary, and Kathleen. This family was very close and participated in many activities such as athletics. They lived very active

lifestyles and did many things together as a close nit group (www.Whitehouse.gov).

In John F. Kennedy’s early childhood he attended school in his home town. Then at age thirteen he left home to attend boarding school in Connecticut. The School he attended was Canterbury School. Here is where he learned many things about politics. He then graduated for Canterbury, and attended Princeton

his words. This man did many great things until his untimely assassination.

could to be the first because he knew that we could show the world just how powerful we are that, that we can accomplish the impossible. Then in 1969, we had finally won the “race to the moon.” Even though Kennedy had already been assassinated he played a major huge role in this by pushing the space program, funding it, and giving it the proper leadership it needed in order to accomplish this great feat (Kay 603-715).

After going through training he was put in charge of PT109 ship. His ship usually made runs at night patrolling the south pacific. Then the first incident that happened was, during a routine patrol, a Japanese destroyer collided with Kennedy’s ship. He then, while being injured, swam and saved many of his fellow shipmates. He then swam to an island where he and his shipmates camped out. His shipmates and him hid out from the enemy and made contact with the natives of the island. The way they were finally saved was noting less then a miracle. Kennedy wrote a message on the back of a coconut. The natives then took the coconut and eventually it fell in to the hands of allied troops. A search party was then sent out and they were eventually found. When Kennedy came back to the U.S. he was treated like a hero. He had saved his shipmates from certain death. He later received the Purple Heart and the Navy

“In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for president” (www.whitehouse.gov).

in the fall. After a few weeks at Princeton, he came down with an illness and was forced to drop out because of his health. After recovering from his illness he ended up attending Harvard. At Harvard he became more and more interested in politics and world issues. This was during the rise of the Nazis in Germany and the U.S. coming out of the depression. He then graduated from Harvard in 1940. The next year he decided to join the armed services. After not being taken by the Army, he then joined the Navy.

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