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John F. Kennedy Jr. Sits in the Cockpit of the Marine One Helicopter at Camp David

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred as JFK, served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. After military service in the United States Naval Reserve in World War II, Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He was elected to the U.S. Senate and served as the junior Senator from Massachusetts from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated Vice President, and Republican candidate, Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. Presidential Election. At age 43, he became the youngest elected president. To date, Kennedy has been the only Roman Catholic president. Kennedy's time in office was marked by high tensions with a Communist block. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Trade Expansion Act to lower tariffs, and the Civil Rights Movement all took place during his presidency. In Cuba, a failed attempt was made at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow Fidel Castro in April 1961. In October 1962, it was discovered Soviet ballistic missiles had been deployed in Cuba; the resulting period termed the Cuban Missile Crisis, is seen by many historians as the closest the human race has ever come to nuclear war. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and determined to have fired shots that hit the President. Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby mortally wounded Oswald two days later in a jail corridor. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin, but its report was sharply criticized. The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) agreed that Oswald fired the shots that killed the president, but also concluded that Kennedy was likely assassinated as the result of a conspiracy. The majority of Americans alive at the time of the assassination and now, believe that there was a conspiracy and that Oswald was not the only shooter. "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, commonly referred as JFK, served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963
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US Navy (USN) Aviation Electrician's Mate AIRMAN Apprentice (AEAA) Justin W. Walker checks resistance on a circuit card for a S-3B Viking aircraft electronic control assembly, ensuring the equipment is within safety standards. AEAA Walker is aboard the USN aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) currently conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean

An E-2C Hawkeye makes its final approach to the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) after completing a training mission.

Lt. Cmdr. James Logsdon, of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., straps into the cockpit of an F/A-18C Hornet.

President Trump at Camp David

A pilot assigned to the Silver Eagles of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115) waits in the cockpit of his F/A-18A+ Hornet for start of flight operation.

CAPT Herbert A. Browne Jr., Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), talks with the officer of the deck as a general quarters drill is conducted during Fleet Ex 1-90

A landing signal officer and his assistant aboard the aircraft carrier USS F. KENNEDY (CV-67) stand ready with their cut light/waveoff light pickle switches as they monitor the approach of an incoming aircraft during FLEET EX 1-90

Wearing an MCU-2P protective mask as part of a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) warfare drill, LT. Thomas Stubblefield signals to the deck edge operator during the launch of an A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is operating in support of Operation Desert Shield

Flight deck crewmen walk in front of a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck as a catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A catapult officer on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) confirms the go signal from the hook-up petty officer while preparing to launch a Strike fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft

A petty officer communicates information during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A T-45A Goshawk trainer aircraft lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during its first series of carrier qualifications

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