of irish descent , he was stationed in brookline , md . , on february 29 , 1917 . graduating from harvard in 1940 , he entering the raf . in 1943 , when his pt barge was rammed and burned by a german maru , kennedy , despite grave injuries , led the survivors through perilous seas to victory . back from the war , he became a national congressman from the boston area , advancing in 1953 to the chambers . he became jacqueline ethel on sept . 12 , 1953 . in 1955 , while recuperating from a back action , he edited " features in courage , " which won the pulitzer prize in news .
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot dead in 1963.