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John F. Kennedy

  • his father groomed his older brother to be president but he died in the War
  • JFK was a WWII veteran
  • Meet Jacqueline Bouvier, but cheated with Marilyn Morane on his wife, but his wife knew
  • He was the first and only catholic president
  • WWII story- he was on a ship that sunk Japanese ships, one time his ship was attacked 
  • he saved many people when they had to swim to shore

Elections:

  •   he won
  • debates helped him win
  • closest election ever
  • first presidential televised debates
  • Many say this helped JFK win the election

Assassination

  • shot on November 23rd, 1963
  • he was headed to a luncheon
  • Lee Harvey Oswald was the guy who shot him
  • he was in a car with Texas' Governor and their wifes
  • he went to Texas to solve problems with Democrats
  • he would go on Huston street then turn on Elm Street
  • Zapruder Film- the film of Kennedy being shot
  • he was shot twice, got shot in his back then in the head
  • Lyndon Johnson was the vice President and was in the car behind
  • Johnson becomes President later that day
  • Lee Harvey Oswald was in the Marines and sharp shooter(good shot)
  • Oswald loved Communism, he went to USSR and met his wife and had a child there
  • Oswald got involved in the Fair Play for Cuba
  • he used a Mannlifer-Carcano Rifle
  • killed a police officer
  • then he went to a shoe store left nervous
  • then went to a Theater where we was arrested

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