John F. Kennedy Signed 1963 Letter on White House Letterhead “I asked you to undertake a most delicate and urgent mission…”

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly!”-John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected as President of the United States of America. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts to financier Joseph and Rose Kennedy, on May 29, 1917. He graduated from Harvard in 1940, and entered the Navy at the beginning of World War II. In 1943, when his PT-109 boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety.After returning from the war, he was elected to congress representing Boston, and later to the Senate. While recuperating from a back operation, Kennedy wrote “Profiles in Courage”, which won him the coveted Pulitzer Prize for history.In 1960 he became the democratic nominee for president. Millions watched his television debates with Republican candidate, Richard Nixon. Winning the popular vote, Kennedy became the youngest U.S. President, to be elected to office, in history and still holds that