KENNEDY, John F., President . Typed letter signed ("John F. Kennedy") to Bernice Forbush, Hyannisport, Mass., 1 September [1944]. 1 page, 4to, one letter added in ink, personal stationery, with original envelope bearing typed "Free," circular postmark, and return address: "U.S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass." Fine. KENNEDY ON THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH, JR. Lieutenant Kennedy responds from the Naval Hospital to condolences for his older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, recently killed in action on a secret mission during World War II: "Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness in sending me those prayers at the time of my brother's death. They were a great help, and I want you to know how much I appreciated it." John F. Kennedy was recovering from back surgery in the U.S. Naval Hospital after his PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer in the Solomon Islands (2 August 1943). In July 1944 his brother Joe, regarded as the successor to his father and the most promising of the Kennedy brothers, had volunteered to fly a bomber loaded with explosives on an experimental mission. He was to bail out when the plane was on target over heavily fortified V-1 rocket-launching sites in the Pas de Calais. But while still over England, the plane exploded.
KENNEDY, John F., President . Typed letter signed ("John F. Kennedy") to Bernice Forbush, Hyannisport, Mass., 1 September [1944]. 1 page, 4to, one letter added in ink, personal stationery, with original envelope bearing typed "Free," circular postmark, and return address: "U.S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass." Fine. KENNEDY ON THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH, JR. Lieutenant Kennedy responds from the Naval Hospital to condolences for his older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, recently killed in action on a secret mission during World War II: "Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness in sending me those prayers at the time of my brother's death. They were a great help, and I want you to know how much I appreciated it." John F. Kennedy was recovering from back surgery in the U.S. Naval Hospital after his PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer in the Solomon Islands (2 August 1943). In July 1944 his brother Joe, regarded as the successor to his father and the most promising of the Kennedy brothers, had volunteered to fly a bomber loaded with explosives on an experimental mission. He was to bail out when the plane was on target over heavily fortified V-1 rocket-launching sites in the Pas de Calais. But while still over England, the plane exploded.
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