After visiting these two places (Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's lair on Obersalzberg) you can easily see how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had boundless ambition for his country, which rendered him a menace to the peace of the world, but he had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made.

To address fears that his being Catholic would impact his decision-making he famously told the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on September 12 1960 "I am not the Catholic candidate for President. Military service

In September 1941 after medical disqualification by the Army for his chronic lower back problems Kennedy joined the U. Lodge was instructed to try to get Diem and Nhu to step down and leave the country.

After military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific Kennedy represented Massachusetts' 11th congressional district in the U. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Thereafter he served in the U.