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The John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline Massachusetts to an
alliance of two wealthy families, the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys. His grandfathers from both
sides of the family were wealthy businessmen and politicians with a strong connection to the
Irish Catholic Boston community. Both families were also a fairly strong force in the banking
and Securities and Exchange sector.
John F. Kennedy, commonly referred to as JFK, was the second oldest in out of nine
siblings who were just as extraordinary as he was. His entire family consisted of premiers and
movers; his sister Eunice founding the Special Olympics and most of his other siblings holding
high political offices. JFK's early life was a quiet one with him concentrating mostly on
education in various prestigious private schools in New York and Connecticut.
His high school life was however mostly uneventful. In 1931, he underwent an
appendectomy which saw him switch schools and join his brother at Choate, a boarding school in
Connecticut. There, he spent most of his early years trying to amend for his brother's
mischievous doings that included exploding a toilet seat with a firecracker.
Several health problems saw JFK admitted to hospital and diagnosed with colitis and
later on a gastrointestinal illness that saw him interrupt his university education. In October
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1935, he was taken ill as he intended to start studying at the London School of Economics; this
culminated in his forced return to the US to study at Princeton as he sought treatment. A year
later, he enrolled at Harvard College where he later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in
government, focusing on international affairs in 1940.
In late 1941, John F. Kennedy joined the US Naval Reserve and was later commissioned
to command a patrol boat in the South Pacific. During the normal rounds, they spotted a
Japanese Destroyer and right when they were about to attack, they were rammed from an angle
that split their ship into half taking the life of two of the crew members. JFK, despite sustaining a
back injury, gathered his remaining crew members and saved them by directing them to a nearby
island and pulling one of them by the strands of his life jacket. After recuperating for a few
months, he was awarded for his heroism and his injuries. After several tours, he retired from the
Navy Reserve on March 1, 1945, citing physical disability and was honourably discharged with
the rank of lieutenant
His political career began in 1946 when he for Congress in the 11th congressional district
of Massachusetts. He then went on to challenge Henry Cabot Lodge for his seat in the U.S.
Senate, and with the help of his father's financial backing; he won by a very slim margin. His
unique personality, among other things, was cited as a factor in his victory. In a Republican-
dominated House of Congress
In September 1953, Kennedy said I do to Jacqueline Bouvier at Newport. This beautiful
young lady was the daughter of a wealthy financier, a New York stockbroker of French descent
and a mother of Irish descent. Her marriage to JFK brought some semblance balance and
inspiration to the extraordinary Kennedy, even encouraging him to write a book ‘Profiles in
Courage' in 1957 which she also helped edit.
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Following a relatively quiet Senate career, Kennedy decided to run for president. Inspired
and drawn into the international turmoil surrounding the Cold War, he chose to focus on the
increasing tension between countries with nuclear weapons. In November 1960, John F.
Kennedy faced the then Vice President Richard Nixon in the general election and won by an
extremely thin margin to become the 35th President of the United States of America. This
victory gave Kennedy a place in history as the youngest president to get elected into office and
the only Roman Catholic to assume the office
Kennedy accomplished a lot while in Senate; all the while helping the common citizen,
the everyday individual in the manufacturing industry by passing bills that secured their
livelihood. As a president, Kennedy focused on promoting peace and ensuring the spirit of
activism was kept alive.at the height of the Cold War, he focused on managing the relations to
the Soviet Union, a widely known nuclear state. He also created ties with third world countries
in the hopes of stopping the spread of communism and work to eradicate poverty, especially
within South America.
Just like any regime, Kennedy's had its fair share of troubles to mirror all the good he had
tried to do. Cuba was JFK's biggest embarrassment as he tried to end the reign of the Cuban
leader Fidel Castro. The failed mission by the trained refugees; Cuban missile crisis, when he
was in a dilemma on whether to react and start a war or sit back and let things be. It is at this
point that the nuclear war was almost certain, the closest the world has ever come to such.
Forming of alliances gave Kennedy's regime an edge over his predecessors, granting him
a more significant stamp in American history. The US-Israeli alliance ended the arms ban that
had been imposed on Israel. The 555 million dollar arms deal with Iraq was offered after a
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successful but violent coup that saw the execution of the then leader Brigadier Abd al-Karim
Qasim.
On Friday, 22 November 1963 at 12.30 pm, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated
as he was on a trip to calm some tension in the Democratic Party in Texas. He was shot twice, in
the head and in the head while riding in the presidential motorcade by a former Marine, Lee
Harvey Oswald. JFK was pronounced dead at the Parkland Memorial Hospital. The assassin,
Harvey Oswald was however murdered a few days later by Jack Ruby as he was getting
transferred to another jail.
At the time of his death, Kennedy was probably among the highest ranked president in
the history of the American government. A popular president at the time, Kennedy brought a
breath of fresh air into the White House; refurbishing the White House, inviting popular culture
artist onto the famed White House lawn, opening up to the media.
JFK's impact on Civil Rights and the Vietnam War was quite substantial, and quite honestly, the
best that anyone did during that period. Being the first president to have served in the U.S. Navy,
he understood what the war actually was. He was also responsible for the formation of one of the
most efficient Special Forces, the Navy SEALS.
The assassination affected the whole nation and the world at large. Many public figures
termed it as untimely, cruel and sad; a vicious act that stole a worthy leader from a world that
truly needed him.
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Work Cited
Hilsman, Roger, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. "To move a nation; the politics of foreign policy
in the administration of John F. Kennedy." (1967).
Bugliosi, Vincent. Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. WW
Norton & Company, 2007.
Giglio, James N. Presidency of John F. Kennedy. University Press of Kansas, 2006.
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier. A thousand days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2002.
Kraus, Sidney, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Richard Milhous Nixon. The great debates:
Background, perspective, effects. Indiana University Press, 1962.

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