JFK SPEAKS TO MIDSHIPMEN AT ANNAPOLIS
Annapolis, Maryland (JFK+50) On August 1, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II*, addressed a new class of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy** here in Annapolis.
President Kennedy said...
"I can think of no more rewarding a career. You will have a chance to serve the cause of freedom and your country all over the world.
Your service is needed....your opportunities are unlimited...and...if I were a young man in 1963 I can imagine no place to be better than right here at this academy...beginning a career of service to the United States.
Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy'".
*JFK served in the USN from 1941 to 1945. He was first assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. & then was trained as an officer & PT boat commander. JFK was promoted to Lt. j.g. & commanded PT109 in the South Pacific.
**USNA was founded in 1845 by James K. Polk & George Bancroft. It is the 2nd oldest service academy & its liberal arts college was rated #1 in the nation by US News & World Report in 2016.
Annapolis, Maryland (JFK+50) On August 1, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II*, addressed a new class of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy** here in Annapolis.
President Kennedy said...
"I can think of no more rewarding a career. You will have a chance to serve the cause of freedom and your country all over the world.
Your service is needed....your opportunities are unlimited...and...if I were a young man in 1963 I can imagine no place to be better than right here at this academy...beginning a career of service to the United States.
Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy'".
*JFK served in the USN from 1941 to 1945. He was first assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. & then was trained as an officer & PT boat commander. JFK was promoted to Lt. j.g. & commanded PT109 in the South Pacific.
**USNA was founded in 1845 by James K. Polk & George Bancroft. It is the 2nd oldest service academy & its liberal arts college was rated #1 in the nation by US News & World Report in 2016.
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