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John F. Kennedy - College Term Paper

John F. Kennedy

Many people have had profound impacts on America and how the country is and how it is ran. Many of these people are presidents, and one of these people is John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He was born into a rich family, and his father who was the Ambassador to Great Britain under Franklin Roosevelt raised him to be in politics.
In 1946 Kennedy went to Harvard and four years later joined the Navy. While in the Pacific the PT-109, the boat he commanded, was rammed. He was able to rescue many of his crew and because of this he received medals of honors. Kennedy was later discharged from the Navy in 1945, After hurting his back and catching ...

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For Kennedy the most important part of his presidency came on October 16, 1960 when he found out about the Russian missiles being moved into Cuba. Some of the missiles that they were moving in were, MRBMs, which are medium range ballistic missiles, and IRBMs which are intermediate range missiles. The Executive Committee, A group of advisers to the president, then asked why Khrushchev put the missiles in Cuba. He said that it was because of the Jupiter Missiles that had been placed in Turkey earlier that year. Because of the Military build up in Cuba, the US put the government into DEFCON 1, the highest placing in peace time. Kennedy had many choices to make and wanted it to end without war. After much bargaining with Khrushchev it was decided that if the US took the missiles out of Turkey then the Russians would take the missiles out of Cuba.

And through it all Kennedy worked his hardest to keep America on the face of the earth. ...

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Added: 9/9/2004 05:14:03 PM
Category: Biographies
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