7 John F. Kennedy the Brave（3.5）

JOHN F. KENNEDY the Brave

His last name came from his rich father. His middle name came from his powerful grandfather. Nobody even used his first name. Everybody just called him Jack.

One day, he would be called Mr. President. John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the thirty-fifth president of the United States. Getting there was like an adventure book he had read as a boy....

Jack was a skinny, sickly kid. But he was a Kennedy. His Irish-American father was very clear on what that meant. "We want winners in this house." So scrappy Jack kept up with his eight brothers and sisters.

Jack often had health problems. Whenever he was sick, he read. He liked hero stories and history books. He read the newspaper every day. Jack Kennedy wanted to know what was going on in the world.

Jack joined the navy during World War II. He was in charge of a small patrol boat, PT-109. One dark, moonless night, an enemy warship plowed right through Jack's boat. PT-109 was ripped in half!