JFK

A detailed Summary of JFK

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 and died

on November the 22nd, 1963. He was the thirty-fifth President of the

United States, and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey

Oswald as his limousine drove by the Texas School Book Depository

building and through Dealey Plaza. He was in office from 1961-1963,

he was the youngest man elected President, and the youngest to die in

the office. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He

graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and he entered the navy.

In 1943, he became commander of a PT boat in the Pacific in World

War II. In action off the Solomon Islands, his boat was sheared in two

and sunk, and Kennedy was credited with saving the life of at least one

of his crew. After the war he was briefly a journalist. He became a

congressmen from Massachusetts in 1947 until 1953. He consiste

Kennedy imposed a quarantine of all offensive weapons bound for Cuba.

America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the

In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic Nomination for

can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he

In 1952, despite the Eisenhower Landslide, he defeated Henry

supported the domestic programs of the Truman Administration but

rights of Americans and the peace of the world.

Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in

Nation's Military strength, including new efforts in outer space.

Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of "a word of

Address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country

extiles, already armed and trained to invade their homeland. The

When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962,

Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. His Inaugural

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