JFK

             The world leader I will discuss is President John Fitzgerald Kennedy .
             President Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States .He was born in 1917 in the city of Brooklyn , and the state of Massachusetts . He was the second of 9 children , born to wealthy parents .
             From 1941 -1945 , President Kennedy served in the Navy and was decorated for great heroism . He saved the lives of 3 of his men after his P.T. boat was hit and sunk by a Japanese destroyer . In 1957 , President Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize for the book he wrote about his honorable Naval career , Profiles in Courage ..
             In 1961 President Kennedy was elected 35 th President of the United States .He was the youngest man ever elected into the government , the first Roman Catholic , and the first man born in the 20 th century. During his short term , he created the Peace Corps , instituted a naval blockade of Cuba which forced Soviet missiles out of Cuba .. He also had federal troops force integration in the schools in Mississippi and Alabama .He spoke equally and made the people appreciate America .
             On November 22 , 1963 , Kennedy was killed in Dallas , Texas . He was riding in a convertible with his wife .He was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald . The shot was fired from a top floor of the boo depository where Oswald worked to earn his wage. Two days after his arrest , Oswald was killed on live television by Jack Ruby .
             On November 25 th , President Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery where an never ending flame burns at his grave . One million people covered the streets of Washington For the funeral procession .
             If President Kennedy would have lived longer than he did, then he would have been president maybe for another term longer and would have made many more accomplishments if he was alive. He was the best president of all.
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