John F. Kennedy: A True Hero

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was born on may 26, 1917 in Brooklyn, MA; He was known as a hero. JFK went to two schools he attended Canterbury parochial school for one year and the Chordate School for four years. People admired Kennedy's personality more than his achievements. Kennedy was often sick during his childhood and often read. He soon went to Princeton, University but had to quite due to his sickness. After a while he got well and went to Harvard. He traveled in Europe and observed the events that were leading to World War II. After attending two more schools he tried to go to the U.S army but was rejected for physical reasons. Than wen he recovered all of his strength he tried to go to the navy and was accepted in.. John f Kennedy had
By the time Jack was eight there were seven children altogether. Jack had an older brother, Joe; four sisters, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, and Patricia; and a younger brother, Robert. Jean and Teddy hadn’t been born yet the Kennedy children loved playing with each other they in the summer they would go to there summerhouse an play. They loved competing with one another But sometimes these competitions went too far. One time when Joe
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He had 12 men with hi and they had to stop Japanese from delivering supplies to there solders. Japanese warship rammed the into his vehicle, splitting it in half and killing two of Kennedy’s men. The others managed to jump off as their boat went up in flames. Patrick McMahon, one of his crew members, had horrible burns on his face and hands. Kennedy managed to find McMahon and Save him. After he went home he was given two medals. After WWII coming to a end and his brother died he soon got into congress. Soon the senate then president of the U.S not after getting married to Jacqueline

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