Caption | United States Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy (left) posing with his older brother Ensign Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. on the United States east coast, May 1942. ww2dbase | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
Source | ww2dbaseJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | ||||
Identification Code | PP83 | ||||
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Photo Size | 596 x 750 pixels | ||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||
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4 Nov 2016 12:04:51 PM
At this meeting, the younger brother outranked the older brother, a point that could not have gone unmentioned between them. Joseph Kennedy was Naval aviator who was killed in 1944 when his Operation Aphrodite PB4Y Liberator exploded over England before Kennedy and his co-pilot could bail out.