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born in Brookline, Massachusetts
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Kennedy family moves to Riverdale, N.Y. when JFK was 10
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JFK enrolls in Choate at age 14
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JFK graduates from Choate, ranked 64th in a class of 112.
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JFK attends Harvard University.
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JFK graduates from Harvard
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JFK enters the U.S. armed forces.
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the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, compelling the U.S. to enter World War II.
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JFK serves on, and then commands, a Motor Torpedo Boat, or "PT Boat," in the South Pacific.