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John F. Kennedy elulugu

Purple heart, American defense service medal, American campaign medal, asiatic-pacific campaign medal with three bronze service stars and the World war II Victory Medal.). He privately admitted he didn't feel that he deserved the medals. Later when reporter asked how he became a war hero, Kennedy joked: ,,It was involuntary. They sank my boat." JFK was sworn in as the 35th President at noon January 20, 1961. He spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens, famosly saying: ,,ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. He also asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the ,,common enemies of man:turanny,poverty,disease and war itself." He added:"All this will not be finished in the first one hundered days. Not will it be finished in the first one thousand days, not in the life of this Administration, not even perhaps in our lifetime on this planed. But lets begin