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He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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He wrote While England Slept for his senior paper which was about the start of world war two and became a best-selling book.
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In 1943, his PT boat was sunk by a Japanese submarine. He saved one of his crew members a received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
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He was a representative of his home state of Massachusetts. and served three terms.
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He defeated the incumbant Henry Cabot Lodge famous for stopping the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. Kennedy served for two terms.
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He defeated Republican Richard Nixon.
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Held in Vienna to discuss what to do with Berlin.
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Soviet missiles were being held in Cuba as a deterent to war. Kennedy blockaded Cuba and an agreement was reached to have the Soviets pull missiles from Cuba and have Americans pull missiles from Turkey.
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He was shot while driving through Dallas by Lee Harvety Osward ending his life and upseting the nation.
