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Rep. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass, a PT boat skipper in World War II, inspects a plane of the Naval Air Reserve group at Anacostia Naval Air Station on June 26, 1947, in Washington. With him is U.S. Navy Capt. Frederick Funke, commanding officer of the Naval Air Reserve training unit, which was observing its first birthday. Associated Press file ( Rep. John F. Kennedy )

Members of a delegation representing five veterans groups leave the White House on Jan. 8, 1948, after inviting President Harry Truman to address a meeting in March. From left: Rep. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and Robert F. Wagner, Jr., son of the New York democratic senator. The groups sought congressional passage of long-range housing legislation. Associated Press file ( Rep. John F. Kennedy )

Kennedy meets under the Massachusetts standard with members of the state's delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 22, 1952. Kennedy said that a congressional committee for Gov. Adlai Stevenson had been formed under his leadership. Associated Press file ( DNC JOHN F. KENNEDY )

Delegates hoist signs and stand up as the name of Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts is placed before the Democratic Convention on Aug. 17, 1956, as a possible vice presidential nominee. Associated Press file ( DNC JOHN F. KENNEDY )

Sen. Kennedy gives a speech July 15, 1957. AFP/Getty Images ( ARP3639525 )

Sen. Kennedy meets with textile workers at a woolen mill in Charlton, Mass., on October 1958. Kennedy campaigned as though he feared defeat that fall - "running scared" as the politicos call it. Associated Press file ( GREETS TEXTILE WORKERS 1958 )

Robert F. Kennedy, left, then counsel for the Senate Rackets Committee, is shown during a committee hearing in 1959 in Washington conferring with his brothers, Sen. John F. Kennedy, right, and Edward Kennedy, center. ( img0776A )

Then Vice President Richard Nixon, right, and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy arrived in Chicago on the same flight Sept. 19, 1959, and met by chance. Denver Post file ( img0167A )

Sen. Kennedy speaks at a shopping center in Warren, Mich., on Oct. 26, 1960. It was one of several shopping centers the Democratic candidate for president visited during his visit to neighboring towns around Detroit. Associated Press file ( Sen. John F. Kennedy )

Sen. Kennedy and running mate Sen. Lyndon Johnson sit in a car outside hotel Biltmore in New York, Nov. 5, 1960. Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy with Lyndon Johnson )

Sen. Kennedy has breakfast in Huntington restaurant as he prepares for a final day of campaigning in West Virginia during the primary race. Associated Press file ( img0363A )

Sen. Kennedy announces his formal entry into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in front of the press the Senate's Caucus Room on Jan. 2, 1960. Associated Press file ( JFK Enters Race 1960 )

Sen. Kennedy wades through a crowd of supporters and journalists as he arrives in Los Angeles on July 9, 1960, for the Democratic National Convention. Associated Press file ( Kennedy Campaign DNC 1960 )

A surprised Sen. Kennedy gets Mrs. Alice Kruk's unqualified support at Niagara Falls Airport on Oct. 16, 1960. The tall, handsome, blond mother, with two of her three children watching in amazement, threw her arms around the presidential candidate and kissed him soundly. Associated Press file ( img0406A )

George McGovern, then a congressman, joined Sen. Kennedy on the campaign trail in June 1960. Both went on to victory, Kennedy as president and McGovern as senator. Picture, they greet a crowd in Sioux Falls, S.D. Associated Press file ( George McGovern and John F. Kennedy )

Joseph P. Kennedy and Jaqueline Kennedy assist Sen. Kennedy on Nov. 9, 1960. The senator went to Florida to convalesce after a spinal operation. Associated Press file ( Sen. John F. Kennedy )

The political magic of his father's name rides with Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., right, as he tours West Virginia with then Sen. John F. Kennedy on April 27, 1960, during Kennedy's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. State Sen. Ward Wylie, left, was Kennedy's West Virginia campaign chairman. Associated Press file ( Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and Sen. John F. Kennedy )

Sen. Kennedy gives two symbols of his party a friendly pat as he passes them at the Oregon State Fair in Salem, Ore., on Sept. 8, 1960. ( img0423A )

A campaign poster from Kennedy's run for presidency. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Sen. Kennedy receives a gift war club from Joseph Ranco, left, of the Penobscot tribe and Bruce Poolaw in September 1960 during a campaign tour of Maine. Denver Post file ( img0430A )

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Sen. John F. Kennedy pose outside Roosevelt's New York residence after their breakfast meeting on Oct. 26, 1960. Kennedy holds a record album of speeches of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was presented to him at the meeting. ( img0334A )

As a senator and Democratic presidential candidate, Kennedy addresses a political rally Nov. 5, 1960, at the New York Coliseum. Denver Post file ( img0330A )

Sen. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline just after a Jan. 2, 1960, conference announcing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy )

Sen. Kennedy arrives in Nashua, N.H., to kick off his campaign tour through the Granite State. Frank Curtin, Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy )

Kennedy speaks to supporters as he stands with his sister, Eunice Shriver, looking back, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, center, and Otto Kerner, Democratic candidate for Illinois governor, at Chicago Stadium in Chicago. Associated Press file, File ( Chicago Mayor Voting Fraud )

At the convention, Kennedy says, "We will carry the fight to the people in the fall, and we shall win," during a brief appearance on the rostrum of the Los Angeles Sports Arena, where he was nominated as the party's presidential candidate July 14, 1960. Associated Press file ( KENNEDY NOMINATION )

Kennedy, at a campaign stop in Trenton, N.J., in September 1960. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum ( John F. Kennedy )

Presidential nominee Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy shake hands, Sept. 26, 1960, in Chicago, as they met for a televised debate. Associated Press file ( Sen. John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon )

Television debates were an innovation in the 1960 U.S. presidential campaign. Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon as they appeared in the fourth and final of these debates in New York City, Dec. 8, 1960. Associated Press file ( Sen. John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon )

Sen. Kennedy sits next to a playback of his televised appearance in Milwaukee, Wis., for the Wisconsin presidential primary two days later om 1960. Associated Press file ( JFK And TV )

Sen. Kennedy, democratic presidential candidate, speaks before a crowd in front of the Philadelphia Citizens for Kennedy Headquarters in November 1960. Denver Post Archive ( img0080A )

Kennedy and Johnson meet at Amarillo, Texas, where a jet plane interrupted Kennedy's campaign speech on Nov. 4, 1960. Associated Press file ( img0331A )

Sen. Kennedy receives a rousing ovation during his presidential campaign. Keystone/Getty Images ( 99n/31/huty/13338/47 )

Parisians purchase newspapers that announce Kennedy as the new U.S. president Nov. 9, 1960. AFP/Getty Images ( APP2000120588351 )

Jackie Kennedy reads the morning paper announcing her husband's nomination victory at the Democratic convention on July 14, 1960. Bill Chaplis, Associated Press file ( Jacqueline Kennedy )

Signs of support blossom among spectators at the Los Angeles Coliseum several hours before the Democrats' presidential candidate was scheduled to give his speech accepting the nomination, July 15, 1960. Associated Press file ( DNC Kennedy Johnson )

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic presidential nominee, at the Truman Library on Aug. 21, 1960, shortly before the senator's private conference with Truman. Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri is standing at Kennedy's left. Associated Press file ( img0346A )

Sen.Kennedy reads accounts of his West Virginia election victory May 11, 1960, in his Washington home. Kennedy defeated Sen. Hubert Humphrey in the presidential primary. Henry Burroughs, Associated Press file ( KENNEDY WINS PRIMARY )

Joseph P. Kennedy sits with his son President-elect, John F. Kennedy aboard a jet as they prepared to take off for a series of conferences in New York, Washington and a meeting in Boston of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, of which the president-elect is a member. ( img0093A )

Vice President-elect Johnson, greets Kennedy as the president-elect arrives at the LBJ ranch near Johnson City, Texas, on Nov. 16, 1960. It was the first meeting for the pair since they won the election. Associated Press file ( PRESIDENT ELECT KENNEDY JOHNSON )

An invitation for the inauguration of Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

Kennedy poses at the White House with, from left: singer Lena Horne; Margaret Price, vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee; Broadway actress Carol Lawrence; and Sidney Salomon Jr. of St. Louis, chairman of the Third Inaugural Anniversary Salute. Harvey Georges, Associated Press file ( JFK And Fund Raisers )

Kennedy poses with astronauts L. Gordon Cooper, center, and Gus Grissom during a tour of Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 16, 1963. The astronauts briefed Kennedy on the Gemini two-man spacecraft, a mock-up of which is in the background. The others are unidentified. Associated Press file ( JFK And Astronauts )

Kennedy waves to sailors on a Navy PT boat as it rides high above Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade Jan. 25, 1961. Kennedy commanded such a vessel during World War 11 when it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Denver Post file ( img0200A )

Rep. Hale Boggs, D-La., stops to chat with the president, first lady and vice president at the Mayflower Hotel, one of five ball sites scattered around Washington on Jan. 22, 1961. Associated Press file ( img0223A )

President-elect Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon walk with security guards and admirers through the grounds of the Key Biscayne Hotel on Nov. 14, 1960, after meeting for a post-campaign conference. Denver Post file ( img0313A )

Kennedy and former President Eisenhower walk a path at Camp David in this picture, symbolic of the change from the '50s to the '60s in January 1961. Denver Post file ( img0136A )

Kennedy and the first lady are driven through the crowded streets on the day of his inauguration in January 1961. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images ( 97d/14/huty/6758/15 )

The president-elect addresses those attending the inaugural gala performance on the eve of his inauguration in Washington on Jan. 19, 1961. A snowstorm that swept the city and paralyzed traffic cut down on the anticipated attendance. Hans Von Nolde, Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy )

Kennedy takes the presidential oath of office in January 1960 in Washington. Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers ( 38109109jfk2_20010628_18122.jpg )

President Kennedy addresses Congress on May 26, 1961, to raise funds in order to send the first man to the moon before 1970. AFP/Getty Images ( ARP2287232 )

Jacqueline Kennedy gives a chuck under the chin to her husband, moments after he left the inaugural stand to became the 35th president of the United States on January 20, 1961. Henry Burroughs, Associated Press file ( Kennedy Inauguration 1961 )

President-elect Kennedy sits on the Navy side of the Orange Bowl about halfway up in the stands near the 50-yard line on Jan. 2, 1961, as he views the Navy-Missouri football game. Missouri won 21-14. Associated Press file ( Orange Bowl 1961 )

The president and first lady the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1961, after Kennedy too his oath of office and delivered his inaugural address. Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy )

Kennedy delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office on Capitol Hill on Jan. 20, 1961. Associated Press file ( JFK's Inauguration )

Kennedy and wife Jackie stand at the top of a flight of stairs outside the White House during a ceremony proclaiming Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States on April 10, 1963. Churchill couldn't attend, but a letter from him was read by his son, Randolph, in which he said that it was an honor without parallel, which he accepted with deep gratitude affection. During the ceremony Kennedy said Churchill was "the most honored and honorable man to walk the stage of human history in the time in which we live." Central Press/Getty Images ( 97f/06/huch/6179/35 )

President-elect Kennedy listens as President Dwight Eisenhower comments at the White House on Dec. 6, 1960. Eisenhower later took Kennedy on a tour of the Executive Mansion. Associated Press file ( President Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy )

The president and first lady disembark from Air Force One in May 1961 at Paris Orly airport prior to their official visit to France. Kennedy was the first Catholic, and the youngest person, to be elected for Democratic party as president of the U.S. AFP/Getty Images ( APP2000110376948 )

Kennedy, Johnson and Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn., confer in the White House after meeting of Democratic legislative leaders Feb. 7, 1961, in Washington. Henry Burroughs, Associated Press file ( John F Kennedy White House )

Kennedy talks with U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson at the White House on March 18, 1961. The two were discussing possible resumption of disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. Byron Rollins, Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson )

Nikita Khrushchev, the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and Kennedy shake hands at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna while meeting for talks. Ron Case, Getty Images ( 97d/16/huty/6863/17 )

Kennedy reviews troops and weaponry while riding in a stretch limousine during an inspection at Hanau in Germany. Keystone/Getty Images ( 97d/05/huch/6151/05 )

President Kennedy speaks May 9, 1963, at a ceremony in Washington. National Archive/Newsmakers ( 38109144jfk2_20010628_18372.jpg )

Kennedy laughs with reporters after a White House press conference May 9, 1963. National Archive/Newsmakers ( 38109149jfk2_20010628_18404.jpg )

President Kennedy uses binoculars to view a Polaris missile that was fired from a 30 miles off Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 16, 1963. Associated Press file ( JFK Watches Polaris )

Kennedy announces the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba from the Oval Office Oct. 22, 1962, Associated Press file/WOA ( JFK And TV )

Kennedy, left, waves to a crowd of more than 300,000 gathered to hear his speech where he declared, "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a Berliner") in the main square in front of Schoeneberg City Hall in West Berlin on June 26, 1963. Associated Press file ( 1963 and JFK )

Kennedy meets with Dublin's macebearer, Jim Buckley, left, during a visit to Dublin, Ireland. Keystone/Getty Images ( 97d/05/huch/6157/45 )

Kennedy is nearly lost in a crowd of well-wishers during his visit to Cork, Ireland, on June 18, 1963. Keystone/Getty Images ( 97d/05/huch/6144/32 )

President touches a 40-pound turkey, presented to him Nov. 19, 1963, at the White House. The presentation was made on behalf of the nation's turkey industry. Harvey Georges, Associated Press file ( JFK And Turkey )

Kennedy talks and his predecessor, Dwight Eisenhower, chat during an interlude in inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1961. Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy Inauguration )

Models of Saturn rockets frame Kennedy as he is briefed on the country's man-on-the-moon program in the Saturn control center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 16, 1963. At his right is James E. Webb, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and at far left is Dr. Kurt Debus, director of NASA's Launch Operations Center. Associated Press file ( JFK Space Program )

Kennedy pauses after addressing a group of tough, hostile longshoremen in their Union Hall in Coos Bay, Ore. Denver Post file ( img0126A )

President Kennedy and House Speaker John McCormack outside the White House office after a ceremony in the Rose Garden in May 1963. Associated Press file ( img0128A )

Kennedy meets with congressional leaders and members of his cabinet on the eve of the opening of the 88th Congress. From left: Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, R-Mass., Rep. Thomas Morgan, D-Pa., Sen. Thomas Kuchel, R-Calif., Rep. Leslie Arends, R-Ill., Rep. Carl Albert, D-Okla., Rep. Hale Boggs, D-La., Rep. Carl Vinson, D-Ga., partially hidden, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, the President, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, John McCone, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn. Denver Post file ( img0141A )

An Army Pershing missile mounted on a carrier passes along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during Kennedy's inaugural parade Jan. 20, 1961. Associated Press file ( JFK Inaugural Parade 1961 )

The president and first lady stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem at the start of a reception during their state visit to Mexico City on June 30, 1962. Henry Burroughs, Associated Press file ( JFKs Images )

The president, accompanied by Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, the first lady's mother, arrives at a hospital in Boston to check on the progress of his newborn son, Patrick, on August 9, 1963. ( img0142A )

President Kennedy signs the order of naval blockade of Cuba on Oct. 24, 1962, at the White House. Two days earlier, Kennedy had informed the American people of the presence of missile sites in Cuba. Tensions mounted, and the world wondered if there could be a peaceful resolution to the crisis, until Nov. 20, when Russian bombers left Cuba, and Kennedy lifted the naval blockade. (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images) ( ARP2022274 )

Kennedy observes a flight of planes from the Carrier Enterprise during a demonstration off the Carolina coast April 14, 1962. Associated Press file ( President John F. Kennedy )

President Kennedy points to a map of Laos during a press conference in March 1961, saying that the communist threat to Laos wass "difficult and potentially dangerous." STF/AFP/Getty Images ( PAR2003091574950 )

Kennedy confers with his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, left, at the White House on Oct. 1, 1962, as military tensions built between the U.S. and Soviet Union to become Cuban missile crisis later that month. Associated Press file ( KENNEDY CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS )

During a Feb. 15, 1961, news conference, Kennedy warned Russia against any one-sided intervention in the internal affairs of turmoil-ridden Congo. William Smith, Associated Press file ( John F. Kennedy )