John F. Kennedy BY:

Kevin Muller

Early life John was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts.John, who they called Jack, was the second of nine children.Jack was sick a lot, his back hurt, and his stomach bothered him.

John and his older brother, Joe, where once having a race around their block with their bikes. They both went opposite ways and in the end they charged at each other head to head. Nobody stopped to slow down or turn.They crashed into each other and Jack needed 28 stiches.

Joe was originally going to be president but then something happened.

EducationThe principal called Jack a “mucker”, someone who was always late for school and had bad grades. Jack didn’t care though. In fact, he made a mucker club. Soon there where over a dozen members. But then a rumor started that the mucker club was going to smuggle some horse manure onto the dance floor at a school dance. The principal called Jack’s parents and that was the end of the mucker club. Jack graduated and went to Harvard University where he studied political science. He also played football and competed on the swim team.

Career in the NavyJ.F.K was in the navy. He was the leader of a ship called the PT-109, or patrol torpedo-109. His crew’s job was to find and sink any battleship with their torpedoes. Once his ship got split in half by a Japanese destroyer and the ship exploded. Two of Jack’s men died and the rest had to swim to an island 3 miles away. One person was badly hurt, so Jack took the strap from his life jacket and put it between his teeth and swam towing him along. During this time John’s older brother, Joe, was shot and killed in the war.

Early political careerSince Joe was dead, Jack’s father thought that he could be the US president. So Jack’s father told him to run for Congress. Jack agreed except nobody knew who Jack was. So then Jack’s father used his money to buy a lot of advertisements. Jack’s mother and sisters held tea parties to introduce him to the voters, and Jack went and gave lots of speeches. Jack won the election easily. Later he ran for senate and became the senator. One night at a dinner party Jack met a girl named Jacqueline Bouvier. Jack started dating Jackie and on September 12, 1953 they got married.

PresidencyIn 1956 Jack went in a vote for vice president but lost the vote. But then Jack announced in January 1960 that he would run for US president. He won, and one of his first acts was to form a group called the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps helped people in poor countries.

During his presidency the U.S.A. and the soviet union were in a cold war which isn’t a real war. The Soviet Union wanted to put nuclear missiles in Cuba to fire at the US. A spy camera took a picture of a nuclear defense bunker under construction and then John had a plan. He surrounded Cuba with ships so supply ships couldn’t bring in supplies. The plan worked and he prevented a nuclear war.

AccomplishmentsJohn was the first Roman Catholic president of the U.S.A.

He was also the youngest president ever elected.

Jack wrote a book which got published in 1940 and it became a best seller.

16 years later he wrote another book which won the Pulitzer Prize.

Impact on the WorldJohn F. Kennedy prevented a nuclear war

from happening.

John created the Peace Corps which helped poor cities and towns.

John also helped black Americans have the same rights as white Americans.

Date and cause of deathJohn F. Kennedy was shot on November 22,1963 at Dallas Texas when he was 46.