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Ensign Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., United States Navy, circa 1942. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. PC298. The eldest son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. was born on July 25, 1915 in Hull, Massachusetts. In a family where expectations ran high, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy had especially high hopes for their first child.
17 de ene. de 2023 · Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was the eldest son of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy, as well as President John F. Kennedy’s older brother. He was born on July 25, 1915, in Hull, Massachusetts. Joseph Jr. was educated at Harvard University after growing up in a wealthy, politically active family. He was a Navy pilot during WWII and was killed ...
Kennedy wurde postum als Kriegsheld gefeiert, so dass ihm am 27. Juni 1945 bei einer Zeremonie im engsten Familienkreis durch Konteradmiral Felix Gygax das Navy Cross verliehen wurde. 1946 wurde zudem der Zerstörer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) nach ihm benannt, auf dem später sein Bruder Robert F. Kennedy Dienst tat.
In addition he began serious, organized philanthropic activities, largely through the recently founded Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Foundation. Most importantly, Kennedy turned his energies to the careers of his remaining sons, especially his second son, John, convincing him to run in 1946 for the Massachusetts’ eleventh congressional district.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., né le 25 juillet 1915 à Brookline (Massachusetts) et mort le 12 août 1944 à Blythburgh (Royaume-Uni), est un membre de la célèbre famille Kennedy des États-Unis, et le frère aîné du président John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr, frère aîné de John Fitzgerald Kennedy et aviateur dans l’armée américaine, décolla en 1944 d’Angleterre à bord d’un avion rempli de 11 tonnes d’explosifs pour un bombardement expérimental. Il devait piloter un temps l’appareil puis sauter en parachute.
Foundation, Joseph Kennedy, Jr.: Founded in 1946. Hayden-Stone Co., a Boston investment banking firm: Named to Board May 29, 1917. Named manager of Boston office June 1919. Hollywood: Began career with the purchase of Film Booking Offices of America in February 1926. Leaves Hollywood with an estimated fortune of $5 million in 1930.
