The U.S Army rejected Kennedy due to back problems, but the U.S Navy accepted him. Kennedy came up the ranks to become Luitenant. Kennedy fought in World War II were he was give several medals such as the World War II Victory Medal. Kennedy's Unit was the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109. During his presidency, Kennedy privately admitted to friends that he didn't feel that he deserved the medals he had received, because the PT-109 incident had been the result of a botched military operation that had cost the lives of two members of his crew. When later asked by a reporter how he became a war hero, Kennedy joked "It was involuntary. They sank my boat."
Saturday 1 May 2010
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