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by Jake Flores

John F Kennedy's mom, Rose, and his father, Joseph, brought John into the world on May 29, 1917, along with 8 more kids! They were named Joe Jr, JOHN, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean, and Ted. Later, he was the 35th president of the USA but we will get to that later...

chapter 1: beginnings

john went to private schools and he had a lot of friends. in high school he and his friends got into a lot of mischief they called john and his friends "bad apples"

In 1936, John entered Harvard and graduated in 1940. On Sept. 1, 1939, the German army invaded Poland. Two days later, France and England declared WAR on Germany and you know then WW2 happened.

What was john doing? He was visiting his dad in Europe, and writing a book. He wrote a number of books but he is best known for "Profiles in Courage" that earned him a prize.

FUN FACT

John also had the nickname ''Jack".

(JFK as a kid.)

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A bit later in 1941, John joined the navy and boarded the PT 109. Less than 3 months later, early in the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, US ships, planes and soldiers were attacked by Japanese BOMBERS. The US was at war. John commanded a small navy boat PT 109 but in Aug. 1943... BOOM BANG! His boat was CUT IN HALF! And guess what, John was such a nice man. He held on to an injured crew member and swam 5 hours until they got to shore. John was given a navy medal for his bravery.

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Chapter 2: THE PT 109

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(Pictures of PT 109)

In 1946, John ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives. His whole family helped out. He won the vote easily. He was also re-elected in 1948 and again in 1950. In 1952, John ran for the US Senate. The family helped as always. John won in a close election.

Senator John f Kennedy was a war hero and a bestselling author and with all off that he was young rich and handsome. People loved how he talked.

But also in 1951, John met Jacqueline, a pretty smart young woman from a wealthy family. Then they started dating. Then, she went to England for her newspaper job. When she came back, JFK and Jacqueline had a wedding and became engaged on Sept. 12, 1953 and had 2 kids.

Chapter 3: Just Married!

(JFK and his wife)

John was a man who was often sick. In 1954, John had a operation on his back. While in the hospital, he wrote that book...it was the book I was talking about earlier- Profiles in Courage which won that award.

John F Kennedy was re-elected to the senate in 1956. Then on Jan. 2, 1960, he announced that he hoped to be the Democratic Party's nominee for US President. 7 months later, after a hard campaign. He won the nomination (what an ironic situation...)

The Republican Party nominated Vice President Richard M Nixon. JFK and Nixon met in four television debates.

On Nov. 8, 1960 in a very close vote, JFK was elected president of the US. He was also sworn in on Jan. 20, 1961. So then, JFK was the president of the US. Hooray!

Also sort of in that time, he set up the peace corps. It sent American volunteers to help poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Chapter 4: US Leader JFK

(JFK's award winning book)

In Oct. 1962, JFK learned that Russians sent weapons to Cuba and that is BAD. JFK needed to do something! JFK sent navy ships to surround Cuba. A few days later, the Russians removed the weapons.

JFK and Soviet Premier Khrushchev (the president of Russia at the time) signed a treaty limiting the testing of bombs.