John Fitzgerald Kennedy
President of the United States
start
Index
TIMELINE
1952
1917
political career
Introduction
1941
1963
Recruitment
Murder
Introduction
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, Second of nine children, nicknamed "Jack" by all, Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953, with whom he had four children. Was an American politician, 35th President of the United States of America from 1961 to 1963. Born into the influential Kennedy family, Catholic of Irish origin, he graduated from Harvard University in 1937. At the outbreak of the Second World War he enlisted. After the conflict he joined the Democratic Party, ran in 1946 for the House of Representatives, in which he obtained a seat, and in 1952 for the Senate, being elected again. In 1960 he assumed leadership of the party and ran for president, choosing Lyndon Johnson as his vice presidential candidate. and took office in the White House on January 20 of the following year.
recruitment
In the spring of 1941 Kennedy volunteered for the Army, but was reformed, primarily due to his spinal column being damaged by a fracture suffered six years earlier in a football accident at Harvard.[2] However, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with the help of his father's recommendations, the US Navy drafted him During this period Kennedy participated in several missions in the Pacific theater.On the night of August 2, 1943 the motor torpedo boat commanded by Kennedy it was broken into two parts Of the small crew, four sailors died immediately, others clung to a wreck that was still floating and still others were thrown into the sea by the force of the impact. Kennedy went into action with determination and courage and fought to the end to bring his surviving comrades to safety. He had been thrown across the bridge, sustaining injuries to his already damaged spine. However, thanks to his exceptional swimming skills, he managed to drag Patrick McMahon, a wounded and severely burned marine, three miles into the ocean with him, reaching Plum Pudding Island, where his crew found refuge. on the island of Olasana an Australian Marine managed to send a radio message asking the US base of Rendova to provide for the rescue of the entire crew.i
Political career
In 1952 Kennedy ran for the Senate with the slogan "Kennedy will do more for Massachusetts." In a surprise victory he defeated the favored candidate Over the next two years he underwent several spinal surgeries: a metal plate was inserted which caused an almost fatal infection; a subsequent operation was necessary to remove the metal plate and, after a long period in bed, he was able to start walking again with a crutch, but the breaking of the crutch caused a bad fall and Kennedy had to get back into bed again.[11] For these reasons he was often absent from the Senate. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a friend of the Kennedy family and had dated one of John's sisters Robert Kennedy had served on McCarthy's investigative committee staff. In 1955 Kennedy voted in the Senate against McCarthy to confirm the nomination of Charles E. Bohlen in 1995 he went to New York to the medical office of a doctor, a certain Janet Travell, who was reputed to be able to cure muscle contractures with novocaine, it was Travell herself who discovered that Kennedy's left leg was shorter than the right by more than a centimeter:[15] this discrepancy, incredibly never noticed by any clinician previously, had subjected Kennedy's spine to a continuous oscillation movement
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Murder
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 while he was on an official visit to the city. It was an extraordinary and devastating event for the lives of many Americans. “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?” was a frequently asked question in the years that followed and continued to resonate decades after the fact. Lee Harvey Oswald he was arrested by the Dallas Police at 1.50 pm in a cinema not far from Dealey Plaza, then at 7.00 pm accused of killing a Dallas policeman and at 11.30 pm of having assassinated the president as part of a "conservative conspiracy" . Oswald was in turn killed two days later, on November 24, before being brought to court - therefore without there having been time to bring any trial against him - inside the basement of the Dallas police station by Jack Ruby, the owner of a Dallas nightclub known to authorities for his ties to the Mafia he justified his action by claiming to be a great patriot and to have been upset by Kennedy's death. Kennedy was buried at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
President of the United States
start
Index
TIMELINE
1952
1917
political career
Introduction
1941
1963
Recruitment
Murder
Introduction
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, Second of nine children, nicknamed "Jack" by all, Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953, with whom he had four children. Was an American politician, 35th President of the United States of America from 1961 to 1963. Born into the influential Kennedy family, Catholic of Irish origin, he graduated from Harvard University in 1937. At the outbreak of the Second World War he enlisted. After the conflict he joined the Democratic Party, ran in 1946 for the House of Representatives, in which he obtained a seat, and in 1952 for the Senate, being elected again. In 1960 he assumed leadership of the party and ran for president, choosing Lyndon Johnson as his vice presidential candidate. and took office in the White House on January 20 of the following year.
recruitment
In the spring of 1941 Kennedy volunteered for the Army, but was reformed, primarily due to his spinal column being damaged by a fracture suffered six years earlier in a football accident at Harvard.[2] However, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with the help of his father's recommendations, the US Navy drafted him During this period Kennedy participated in several missions in the Pacific theater.On the night of August 2, 1943 the motor torpedo boat commanded by Kennedy it was broken into two parts Of the small crew, four sailors died immediately, others clung to a wreck that was still floating and still others were thrown into the sea by the force of the impact. Kennedy went into action with determination and courage and fought to the end to bring his surviving comrades to safety. He had been thrown across the bridge, sustaining injuries to his already damaged spine. However, thanks to his exceptional swimming skills, he managed to drag Patrick McMahon, a wounded and severely burned marine, three miles into the ocean with him, reaching Plum Pudding Island, where his crew found refuge. on the island of Olasana an Australian Marine managed to send a radio message asking the US base of Rendova to provide for the rescue of the entire crew.i
Political career
In 1952 Kennedy ran for the Senate with the slogan "Kennedy will do more for Massachusetts." In a surprise victory he defeated the favored candidate Over the next two years he underwent several spinal surgeries: a metal plate was inserted which caused an almost fatal infection; a subsequent operation was necessary to remove the metal plate and, after a long period in bed, he was able to start walking again with a crutch, but the breaking of the crutch caused a bad fall and Kennedy had to get back into bed again.[11] For these reasons he was often absent from the Senate. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a friend of the Kennedy family and had dated one of John's sisters Robert Kennedy had served on McCarthy's investigative committee staff. In 1955 Kennedy voted in the Senate against McCarthy to confirm the nomination of Charles E. Bohlen in 1995 he went to New York to the medical office of a doctor, a certain Janet Travell, who was reputed to be able to cure muscle contractures with novocaine, it was Travell herself who discovered that Kennedy's left leg was shorter than the right by more than a centimeter:[15] this discrepancy, incredibly never noticed by any clinician previously, had subjected Kennedy's spine to a continuous oscillation movement
kxllxlsxòl,
Murder
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 while he was on an official visit to the city. It was an extraordinary and devastating event for the lives of many Americans. “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?” was a frequently asked question in the years that followed and continued to resonate decades after the fact. Lee Harvey Oswald he was arrested by the Dallas Police at 1.50 pm in a cinema not far from Dealey Plaza, then at 7.00 pm accused of killing a Dallas policeman and at 11.30 pm of having assassinated the president as part of a "conservative conspiracy" . Oswald was in turn killed two days later, on November 24, before being brought to court - therefore without there having been time to bring any trial against him - inside the basement of the Dallas police station by Jack Ruby, the owner of a Dallas nightclub known to authorities for his ties to the Mafia he justified his action by claiming to be a great patriot and to have been upset by Kennedy's death. Kennedy was buried at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.