John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy went to Harvard and graduated in 1940. Soon after graduating Harvard he decided to join the Navy. In 1943, his Navy boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Although the boat sank Kennedy managed to get to shore, also rescuing another man with him to shore. After coming home from war Kennedy decided to pursue a career in politics.
He was a democratic congressman from Boston and in 1953 he advanced to state congressman. On September 12,1953 John F. Kennedy got married to Jacqueline Bouvier. While recovering from a major back surgery operation in 1955 he wrote a book called Profile in Courage, for this book he won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1956 Kennedy gained the democratic nomination for Vice President. Four-years later he was a first nominee for presidency. Kennedy beat out Richard M. Nixon a republican candidate. Kennedy became the youngest president and also the first ever Roman Catholic to become president. His inaugural address offered a memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for you country." .
During presidency Kennedy wanted to pledge to get America moving again. He also launched the country on its long sustained expansion since World War II. He planned ways for a massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty. He took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, and also called for new civil rights legislation. Kennedy's vision of America extended into the quality of the natural culture and the central role of the arts in a vital society. .
He wanted America to obtain its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights. Kennedy brought America's idealism to the aid of developing nations. Not long after inauguration Kennedy permitted a band of Cuban exiles, armed and trained to include their homeland.
