John F Kennedy (CVA 67) - Naval Cruise Book

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olm Fitzgerald Kennedy john Fitzgerald Kennedy was born llay '79 1917 in Br lcl' , t. , , oo ine, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph P. Kennedy, a prominent businessman, who .served as U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain for four years. john F. Kennedy acted as his fathefs secretary in London in 1938 and graduated from Harvard in 1940. H6 commanded a Navy PT-boat in the Pacific during World War H. ln action off the Solomons, his boat was sunk by an enemy destroyer, and Kennedy was credited with heroism in saving his crew. His political career began in 1946 when he was elected to C . ongress as a Democrat from Massachusetts and continued with his reelection in 19-18 and 1950 ln 1952 Kenned ' . . . y was elected to the lf. S. Senate. ln 1954-55 he underwent operations on a spinal injury, suffered during the war. ,flway from the Senate, Kennedy wrote ProfileS in Couragef' for which he won. a Pulitzer Prize. In 1958 he was reelected to the Senate. :lt the Democratic t'Vational Convention in 1960 Kennedy received the Presidential nomination. Kennedy won and at 13' b 1 f 1' ., ecame the youngest man ever elected to the White House and the iVation's first Roman Catholic President. President Kenned I , 5 f rontzer, ' pressed for Federal aid to education, enlarge- ment of civil rights, aid to economically depressed areas d U ,. S, me ical care for the aged, and an accelerated space program. ln foreign affairs, his principal accomplishments u l y's administration, called the Yew F ' . . fere tze establishment of the Pe C forljrogress with Latin .flrnerf , d ' ace orps, the Alliance zca an the nuclear test ban treaty. .lohn F. lfennedy died on Noz.'en1ber 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, as the result of an assassin's bullet.

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. . . . . fohn Fitzgerald Kennedy ..............Ship'sSeal USS JOHN F. KENNEDY KCV-672 . . . . . . . . Commanding Officers . . . . . . . . . . Executive Officer Commander Carrier Air Wing One . . Commander Carrier Group Two . . . . . . . . . Flight Operations ...........Departments . . Administrative Department . . . .Navigation Department . . Operations Department . . . . . . . Air Department . . . . . Weapons Department . . . Engineering Department . . . . . . . Supply Department . . . . . . . . . Deck Department . . Communications Department . . . . . . . AIMD Department . . . Medical Department . . Dental Department . . Safety Department . . . . . . . Air Wing ........VF-14 . . . . VF-32 . . VA 13-133 . . . 124-72 Vfl-46 I 1 I f 114-.34 ...NS-11 . . 1'.f111'-125 Table of Contents 134 140 146 148 149 150 152 153 154 155 156 158 159 160 161 162 168 172 176 186 202 214 226 236 250 252 254 255 257 334 336 . . . VS-32 1 . . . VFP-63 . . Tech Reps . . . . . Wardroom . . . . CPO Lounge . . . Crew's Lounge .,.......Religion . . ......... Leisure . . .... 4 lotor Whaleboat Race . . . Dependents' Flight . Navy Relief Slave Day .........Christmas . . . . . . . . Show Time! Underway Replenishment . Departure from Norfolk . . . . . . . Naples, italy . . ...Isle of Capri .....Pompeii ............Rome . Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia . . . . Alexandria, Egypt ............Cairo . . . Barcelona, Spain . . . Palma de Majorca . . . . Malaga, Spain . . . . . . Cranada .........Ronda ...........llome ...Personally Yours ......Louels... . . . Cruise Hook Staff I

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