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NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL
• When he returned home, Jack was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his leadership and courage.
• His citation read:
For extremely heroic conduct as Commanding Officer of Motor Torpedo Boat 109 following the collision and sinking of that vessel in the Pacific War Theater on August 1–2, 1943. Unmindful of personal danger, Lieutenant (then Lieutenant, Junior Grade) Kennedy unhesitatingly braved the difficulties and hazards of darkness to direct rescue operations, swimming many hours to secure aid and food after he had succeeded in getting his crew ashore. His outstanding courage, endurance and leadership contributed to the saving of several lives and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
• When he In October 1943, Kennedy took command of a PT boat converted into a gun boat, PT-59, which took part in a Marine rescue on Choiseul Island that November. Kennedy then left PT-59, and returned to the United States in early January 1944. After receiving treatment for his back injury, he was released from active duty in late 1944. Kennedy was honorably discharged in early 1945, just prior to Japan's surrender. Kennedy's other decorations in World War II included the Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. When later asked how he became a war hero, Kennedy joked: "It was easy. They cut my PT boat in half."
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• On 15 February, Kennedy reported to the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center, Melville, Rhode Island. Due to the reinjured of his back during the sinking of PT 109, Kennedy entered a hospital for treatment. In March, Kennedy went to the Submarine Chaser Training Center, Miami, Florida. In May while still assigned to the Center, Kennedy entered the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, for further treatment of his back injury. At the Hospital in June, he received his Navy and Marine Corps Medals. Under treatment as an outpatient, Kennedy was ordered detached from the Miami Center on 30 October 1944. Subsequently, Kennedy was released from all active duty and finally retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve on physical disability in March 1945
• With the war finally coming to an end, it was time to choose the kind of work he wanted to do. Jack had considered becoming a teacher or a writer, but with Joe’s tragic death suddenly everything changed. After serious discussions with Jack about his future, Joseph Kennedy convinced him that he should run for Congress in Massachusetts' eleventh congressional district, where he won in 1946. This was the beginning of Jack’s political career. As the years went on, John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, served three terms (six years) in the House of Representatives, and in 1952 he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
• The rest is history.....
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ROBERT F. (BOBBY) KENNEDY CHILD #7
Robert Francis “Bobby“ Kennedy Seaman Apprentice, U.S. Navy
(November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968)
• In October 1943, six weeks before his 18th birthday, Kennedy enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman, released from active duty until March 1944 when he left Milton Academy early to report to the V-12 Navy College Training Program at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His V-12 training was at Harvard (March–November 1944), Bates College in Lewiston, Maine (November 1944–June 1945), and Harvard (June 1945–January 1946).
• On December 15, 1945 the U.S. Navy commissioned the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and shortly thereafter granted Kennedy's request to be released from naval officer training to serve starting on February 1, 1946 as an apprentice seaman on the ship's shakedown cruise in the Caribbean. On May 30, 1946 he received his honorable discharge from the Navy.
• In September 1946, Kennedy entered Harvard as a junior having received credit for his two and a half years in the V-12 program. Kennedy worked hard to make the Harvard varsity football team as an end, was a starter and scored a touchdown in the first game of his senior year before breaking his leg in practice, earning his varsity letter when his coach sent him in for the last minutes of the Harvard-Yale game wearing a cast.
• Kennedy graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in government in March 1948 and immediately sailed off on RMS Queen Mary with a college friend for a six-month tour of Europe and the Middle East, accredited as a correspondent of the Boston Post, for which he filed six stories. Four of these stories, filed from Palestine shortly before the end of the British Mandate, provide an inside view of the tensions that would lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• United States Senator from New York
• United States Attorney General
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EDWARD M. (TEDDY) KENNEDY CHILD #9
Edward Moore “Teddy“ Kennedy Private, U.S. Army
(February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009)
• Ted Kennedy earned C grades at the private Milton Academy, but was admitted to Harvard as a "legacy" -- his father and older brothers had attended there, so the younger and dimmer Kennedy's admission was virtually assured. While attending, he was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a classmate to cheat for him.
• While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the U.S. Army, but mistakenly signed up for four years instead of two. His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to England, pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment shortened to two years, and to ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea, where a war was raging. Kennedy was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe) headquarters in Paris. He never advanced beyond the rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged.
• U.S. senator from Massachusetts
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U.S. NAVY PRESIDENTS
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), 1967-2007
• The USS John F. Kennedy, CVA-67, was launched in 1967 and received her commission in Sept 7th, 1968. Christened on May 27, 1967 by President Kennedy's 9-year-old daughter, Caroline, JFK entered active service on September 7, 1968. It took two swings to break the bottle of champagne .
• Initially classified as an "Attack Aircraft Carrier" and designated CVA-67.
• Reclassified as a "Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CV-67, 1 December 1974, upon modification to operate ASW aircraft
• Over her four decades of active duty service, the USS John F. Kennedy completed more than fifteen deployments, including playing a vital role in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi freedom.
• Dubbed “Big John”, the ship measured 1,050 feet in length and boasted ore than 80,000 feet of effective landing area.
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) HISTORY 1967-2007
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), 1967-2007 (cont)
• It was home to 4,642 officers and crew, the John F. Kennedy supported 80 combat aircraft and can travel through the water at an impressive top speed of 30 knots (34.52 mph)
• The John F. Kennedy, CV-67, was the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built by the Navy. Originally scheduled to become the fourth Kitty Hawk-class carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy received so many modifications during construction that she formed her own class, and was the only ship in that class.
• The KENNEDY made a final voyage up the east coast for a final port visit to Boston, Mass., in early March 2007. The decommissioning ceremony for the JOHN F. KENNEDY was on March 23, 2007, at Mayport, Fla. The official decommissioning date for the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY was August 1, 2007.
• John F. Kennedy left Mayport Fla. under tow for Norfolk on 26 July 2007. Towed to the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pa. 22 March 2008 . (it was mothballed)
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) HISTORY 1967-2007
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), 1967-2007 (cont)
• The fate of the USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 is unclear. On 19 January 2011 the Portland, Maine City council Portland, Maine city voted 9–0 to not continue with the project to bring the ship to Maine.
• The new USS John F. Kennedy CVN-79 which is the 2nd of the USS Gerald R. Ford class carriers was originally planned to be completed in 2018 however, in a speech on 6 April 2009, then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that the Navy Aircraft Carrier program would shift to a five-year building program so as to place it on a "more fiscally sustainable path" resulting in the Kennedy now scheduled to be completed in 2020.
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) HISTORY 1967-2007
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The USS John F. Kennedy
leaving Mayport Florida, Nov 11, 2003
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About to arrive in Portland, ME
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SHIP STATISTICS:
SHIP STATISTICS: Horsepower……………………. Speed……………………………. Length overall………………… Breadth at flight deck……… Keel laid…………………………. Christening……………………. Commissioning………………. Height, keel to mast top.... Area of flight deck………….. Displacement, standard….. Weight of rudders…………..
Over 200,000 Over 30 Knots 1,051 1/2 feet 252 feet October 22, 1964 May 27, 1967 September 7, 1968 23 story building 4.56 acres 80,000 tons About 24 tons
• USS JOHN F. KENNEDY has 8 decks (the hangar deck and below) and 11 levels (above the hangar deck) and is taller than a 17-story building. • If stood on her Stern, KENNEDY would be taller than the Empire State Building. • KENNEDY is propelled by four manganese bronze five-bladed propellers, each is 21 feet in diameter. • Though KENNEDY'S primary defensive capability lies with the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing THREE, JFK also possesses three NATO Sea Sparrow Missile Systems (NSSMS) and three Close in Weapons Systems (CIWS) which arc stationed around the ship providing 360 degree defensive coverage. • The NSSMS uses a missile virtually identical to the Sparrow missile carried by many naval aircraft., while the CIWS is a radar controlled 20mm gattling gun capable of firing at a rate of 3,000 rounds per minute.
Number of crew (including air wing)….. Meals served aboard daily…………………. Number of anchors…………………………… Weight of anchors………………………….…. Number of screws (all five bladed)….…. Height of screws………………………….…… Weight of screws………………………….…… Number of aircraft elevators………………. Number of catapults………………………….. Size of aircraft elevators……………………..
5,200 15,600 2 30 tons each 4 21 feet each 63,000 pounds each 4 4 4,000 square feet each
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The scene on May 27, 1967 – The christening on the JFK
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USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CV-67
Christened on May 27, 1967 by President Kennedy's was the Ship’s sponsor 9-year-old daughter, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy. The USS John F. Kennedy entered active service on Saturday, September 7, 1968. John Jr. stands next to his mom. Behind John Jr. is President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Ship’s sponsor 9-year-old daughter, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy.
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The picture shows the Commanding Officer, CAPT Earl Yates, USN saluting smartly, while members of the Kennedy family look on. From left to right: John, Jr.; Jacqueline; and Caroline.
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On the reviewing stand – from the left – Rose Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Va. Gov. Godwin, NNSY president Donald
Holden, Jackie Kennedy, Caroline, Cardinal Cushing and John Jr.
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Jackie, Caroline and John Jr. step down from the VIP area after Caroline christens the ship. President Johnson leans over saying something to Caroline.
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God bless the sailors…
May they sleep good
tonight!
Oct 28, 1940
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Rev: JFK 1.0
The End…..
Got to run…
I need to get my USS John F. Kennedy
Challenge coin
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From: Life Magazine Navy Recruit Boot Camp Great Lakes October 28, 1940
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