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John F. Kennedy: Shooting
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Kennedy's other decorations of the Second World War include the Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged in early 1945, just a few months before the Japanese surrender.
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CBS newsman Roger Mudd, who had been at the Ambassador covering the California primary along with Drinkwater, followed the ambulance to Central Receiving Hospital where Kennedy had been first taken, then to Good Samaritan Hospital to continue his on-the-spot coverage. CBS began anchored coverage of the assassination with anchor Joseph Benti at around 12:35 a.m. PDT. Also initially reporting from the CBS newsroom in New York in the first hours following the shooting was Mike Wallace. Walter Cronkite eventually joined Benti as co-anchor on the network's anchor set.
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The latest edition of the Kennedy Connection is now available online. The Kennedy Connection is the bi-monthly newsletter published by the volunteer PTO team.Thank you to Kennedy's own Donna McDonnell for all her hard work in not only collecting all the stories, but ... taking the time to publish such a great looking newsletter.
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Kennedy ... claimed that the Republican administration had allowed a "missile gap" to open by not matching Soviet defense spending and allowing the U.S. military to weaken. The claim was made more credible by Soviet superiority in the space program, evidenced by their successful Sputnik orbit, contrasted by numerous U.S. launch failures. In retrospect, there never was a missile gap.
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In the 2004 Scholastic Election Poll, George W. Bush received 52 percent of the votes and the Democratic contender, John F. Kerry, received 47 percent. Rounding out the vote, 1 percent of students voted for other candidates.
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The view of the top of Kennedy's head. It is readily apparent that a large portion of the skull is missing, and brain matter is exposed. (There is another series of photos that purports to depict the autopsy, with this area intact.)
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