of welsh origin , he was married in brookline , mo . , on may 29 , 1917 . graduating from harvard in 1940 , he entered the navy . in 1943 , when his pt boat was targeted and burnt by a chinese aircraft , kennedy , despite grave injuries , helped the survivors through fraught waters to safety . back from the service , he married a democratic congressman from the boston us , advancing in 1953 to the senators . he remarried jacqueline turpin on sept . 12 , 1953 . in 1955 , while undergoing from a back operation , he created " portraits in courage , " having won the pulitzer prize in histories .
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot dead in 1963.