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    John F. Kennedy By:Ezra Serna John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in brookline Massachusetts. He was the second of nine children. John F. Kennedy’s parents were named Joseph Kennedy, and Rose Kennedy who were both catholic. He went to a private school when he was younger, his first attended school was Dexter school in Brookline. In 1940 he went to Princeton University. While he was still in college he wrote the book “Why England slept” the book was about the tragic events that lead to…

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    Who Really Killed JFK? John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. John F. Kennedy was born is Brookline, Massachusetts. On November 8, 1960, he became the youngest president at age 43. He was the 35th president of the United States. While he was on the street riding with the top down with his wife, somebody shot and assassinated JFK. Later that day they arrested Lee Harvey Oswald for the shooter, but others think it was somebody else, but they don’t know for sure…

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    Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy were both candidates and presidents at incredibly pivotal time periods in history. As such they faced a wide range of rhetorical obstacles during their candidacy and time as presidents. A rhetorical obstacle is some outside force that can limit a rhetors’ main purpose or goal. A shared obstacle faced by both candidates was that of identity. Identity becomes an obstacle when a rhetors’ audience does not share “common goals/background, beliefs, values, etc.” (1)…

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    to Mrs Kennedy 1:00 pm John F kennedy was pronounced dead. At the funeral depart of defense called the green berets came to honor the John f kennedy.John F Kennedy made business with the Green berets. On october 12,1961 the president visited Fort bragg and u.s army. The green berets help John F Kennedy with being the president. But a dark cloud descend upon the green berets helped JKF with being the president. But a dark cloud descend upon the green berets.when they got the news about John F…

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    President John Fitzgerald Kennedy showed this in both his presidency and his time in the military. John F. Kennedy served in the Navy before becoming the president of the United States. He served four years, from 1941 to 1945 in the Navy. He served right until the end of World War Two. He showed courage in the Navy since he had volunteered to serve his country. Even though he was one of many other young men to join the fight against the Axis he was one of the few that got a high rank. Kennedy…

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    and nearly all of the crew were spewed out, several of them swallowing toxic amounts of gasoline. The PT boat was damaged irreparably. John Kennedy, the Lieutenant, was quick to act. After rallying the men and finding that two of them were missing, probably killed by the impact, the remaining eleven set out for the nearest island, three and a half miles away. Kennedy himself towed a man who could barely swim by holding the strap of the man's life vest in his teeth. When he finally reached the…

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    For decades, John F. Kennedy was celebrated as the president of the United States who saved the entire world from destruction, while thermonuclear war was imminent during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This anti-communist, anti-Soviet president led the United States through a period of superiority against the Soviet Union after the president influenced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to remove Soviet nuclear missiles situated on the island of Cuba located merely 90 miles off the coast of Florida. For…

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    1963, America was struck with tragedy by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Every one was devastated by the death of this president, but the fact that his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, related him to the Arthurian legend, Camelot, made it even worse. During her only interview, Jackie told White during her interview, “There will be great presidents again, but there will never be another Camelot.” Ever since Kennedy was young, he was infatuated with King Arthur and the Knights of…

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    looking for fame and recognition by the masses. They are based on something and/or someone in time that had enough impact on the world to change the direction of history. It is also fascinating to think about the "what ifs." What if President John F Kennedy survived the assassination attempt? Would he had been a great or terrible president? Could the Space Age lasted…

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    the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Osward on November 22, 1963 Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office aboard Air Force One during the trip that brought Kennedy's body back to Washington, D.C. Jackie Kennedy, her clothes still soaked in her husband's blood, looked on during the ceremony. According to Maga, whether a fifth grader at Holy Cross elementary school in Milwaukee, a leading businessman, or housewife, many Americans found the Kennedy assassination to be a…

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