In a haunting prediction of his future, John Fitzgerald Kennedy perfectly described his legacy when he said “a man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on”. The most distinctive feature that relates to John F. Kennedy is the phrase ‘a man may die’ due to his assassination, but his ideas and his presence still live in America. From every event that Kennedy endured in his presidency to the moment he was murdered, his life is preserved in the minds of those he influenced through the tasks he achieved as our nation’s 35th president.
On May 29, 1917, John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy was born as the second child of Joseph Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. His family consisted of his parents and followed by his eight other siblings. In …show more content…
In his senior year of college, Germany invaded Poland and World War II begun. Jack and his eldest brother Joe both joined the navy. Jack was a lieutenant for the South Pacific in the Solomon Islands in a patrol torpedo boat as a commander. His boat blew up when it came in contact with a Japanese warship, but luckily he saved himself and a fellow crew member, Patrick McMahon. For his bravery and honor he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. The war came to an end and Kennedy wanted to decide what his profession was to be, and he desired to be a writer or a teacher. His father persuaded him to run for Congress in Massachusetts' eleventh congressional district, and which he won in 1946. After serving 6 years in the House of Representatives, he was elected to the Senate in 1952. This was the start of his political …show more content…
An overall description of what happened was the previous president, Dwight Eisenhower, decided to have the CIA train and arm Cuban exiles or La Brigada to invade the island of communist influenced Cuba. When Jack became president, the plan was approved with a couple of his own changes. On April 17, 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles invaded the southern coast of Cuba called the Bay of Pigs. Unfortunately, the invasion was a failure. The boats full of exiles were aground on coral reefs, and to hide US involvement Kennedy cancelled the air support and Fidel Castro’s forces killed or captured all most all the exiles. This made the United States’ government weak and
On May 29, 1917, John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy was born as the second child of Joseph Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. His family consisted of his parents and followed by his eight other siblings. In …show more content…
In his senior year of college, Germany invaded Poland and World War II begun. Jack and his eldest brother Joe both joined the navy. Jack was a lieutenant for the South Pacific in the Solomon Islands in a patrol torpedo boat as a commander. His boat blew up when it came in contact with a Japanese warship, but luckily he saved himself and a fellow crew member, Patrick McMahon. For his bravery and honor he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. The war came to an end and Kennedy wanted to decide what his profession was to be, and he desired to be a writer or a teacher. His father persuaded him to run for Congress in Massachusetts' eleventh congressional district, and which he won in 1946. After serving 6 years in the House of Representatives, he was elected to the Senate in 1952. This was the start of his political …show more content…
An overall description of what happened was the previous president, Dwight Eisenhower, decided to have the CIA train and arm Cuban exiles or La Brigada to invade the island of communist influenced Cuba. When Jack became president, the plan was approved with a couple of his own changes. On April 17, 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles invaded the southern coast of Cuba called the Bay of Pigs. Unfortunately, the invasion was a failure. The boats full of exiles were aground on coral reefs, and to hide US involvement Kennedy cancelled the air support and Fidel Castro’s forces killed or captured all most all the exiles. This made the United States’ government weak and