Chester Hanford
A. Chester Hanford was Dean of Harvard College from 1927-1947. He approved Jack’s request to spend the second half of his junior year on leave…
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Port
Jack’s boat remained in port on standby status. [Blair, p. 334]
Victor H. Krulak
Victor H. Krulak (nicknamed “Brute”) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marines. In October, 1943 he led a group of Marines onto Choiseul…
Bunny Waters
Jack dated beauty queen Bonnie “Bunny” Waters during his time at the Melville PT training program in Rhode Island in the late fall and early…
Walter Power
Walter Power was one of Jack’s drivers during his 1946 campaign for Congress. During the last days before the June Democratic primary, he was sent…
November 5, 1952
JFK had spent the day before voting for himself in his Massachusetts senate race against Henry Cabot Lodge. Election night came and went with the…
November 4, 1952 (Tuesday)
November 4, 1952 was election day. Most of the nation’s attention was on the race between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. But in Joe Kennedy’s…
Dancing
Jack Kennedy escorted Jackie Bouvier to the last session of the 1951-2 season of the Dancing Class. This long-time D.C. institution was an invitation-only series…
With
Jack spent Christmas day with his parents and younger brothers and sisters (except for Kick who was in London) at the Palm Beach house. Rose…
Eve
Jack spent Christmas Eve with his family and Red Fay putting up and decorating the Christmas tree. [Blair, p. ???]
Gone
JFK learned that his older brother Joe, Jr. was gone. It was a Sunday afternoon and JFK was spending the day with his family at…
November 2, 1943
November 2, 1943 JFK skippered PT-59 as part of an operation to help evacuate Marines who were trapped on the island of Choiseul. Kennedy picked…
Third Night
For the third night of the planned diversionary action by the US Marines on Choiseul, Jack and PT 59 remained moored at the base on…
Weekend
Jack was in Charlotte, North Carolina visiting Frances Ann Cannon for the weekend. He spent some of the visit discussing his book Why England Slept…
Relaxing
Jack was relaxing at his family’s home in Bronxville, New York waiting for his graduation ceremonies from Harvard later in the month.
Fundraiser
Jack pitched a fundraiser he had set-up for the Red Cross committee to the Harvard student community, saying: “The desperate needs of Europe’s invaded population…
Divisional
Jack took his divisional final exams and completed his coursework for his Harvard diploma. [253, p. 420]
Crestfallen
Secretly crestfallen at losing his best girl to John Hersey, Jack left Charlotte to return to Boston. [3, p. 321]
Franksgiving
Jack was in New York celebrating Franksgiving with his family, as the traditional Thanksgiving holiday of 1939 was dubbed. In order to lengthen the Christmas…
Game
Jack was in Princeton, New Jersey and attended the Harvard-Princeton football game with Charlotte McDonell, a friend of his sister Kick. He described the outing…