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1944 BCE
jack left the navy bay the end of 1944
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1943 BCE
In August 1943, a Japanese destroyer struck the craft, PT-109
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1941 BCE
jonh joined the U.S navy 1941
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he was born on may 29, 1917, and die 22 november, 1963.
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His older brother, Joe Jr, was killed
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He entered the 80th Congress in January 1947.
At the age of 29, and immediately attracted attention -
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Kennedy won reelection to the House of Representatives in 1948 and 1950
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On September 12, 1953, Kennedy married
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He won the Pulitzer Prize for a book of portraits of politicians.
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Elected as 35th president of united state
John F. Kennedy became the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. -
his inaugural address
The new president called on his fellow Americans to work together in the pursuit of progress and the elimination of poverty -
An early crisis in the foreign affairs arena occurred in April 196
When Kennedy approved the plan to send 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles -
Launched the Apollo space program
which aims to send Americans to the moon. The number of troops, equipment and military advisers in Vietnam. -
Kennedy clashed again with Khrushchev in October 1962
During the Cuban missile crisis -
ennedy sent an army convoy to reassure West Berliners of U.S. support
He would deliver one of his most famous speeches in West Berlin in June 1963. -
In July 1963, Kennedy won his greatest foreign affairs victory when Khrushchev agreed to join him
in signing a nuclear test ban treaty. -
1963 Kennedy meant for the culmination of their success in international politics.
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He signed the treaty limiting nuclear testing in August
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The president and his wife landed in Dallas
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his assassination in Dallas, Texas.
To this day, historians continue to rank him among the best-loved presidents in American history.
