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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-037
This folder contains requests for John F. Kennedy's naval service records.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-036
This folder contains John F. Kennedy's Officer Service Record compiled by the United States Bureau of Naval Personnel. Materials in this folder include appointment forms, a letter to New York Senator (and former Attorney General) Robert F. Kennedy, and memoranda concerning duty assignments, physical examinations, identification cards, and the Naval Retiring Board.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-035
This folder contains John F. Kennedy's Officer's Selection Board Jacket compiled by the United States Bureau of Naval Personnel. Materials in this folder include correspondence, award citations, physical examination reports, appointment forms, a transcript of naval service, Kennedy's Harvard University transcript, reports on the sinking of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109, and memoranda concerning Kennedy's health and the Naval Retiring Board.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-034
This folder contains materials concerning the proceedings of the United States Naval Retiring Board in the case of Lieutenant John F. Kennedy. Materials in this folder include records of the proceedings, copies of physical examination reports, and memoranda regarding the transmission of related records.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-028
This folder contains John F. Kennedy’s identification card for the United States Navy.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-033
This folder contains materials concerning John F. Kennedy's appearance before the United States Naval Retiring Board. Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, medical history forms, and reports of physical examinations.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-032
This folder contains John F. Kennedy's Officer's Miscellaneous Correspondence and Orders Jacket compiled by the United States Bureau of Naval Personnel. Materials in this folder include telegrams, beneficiary slips, medical history forms, compliance reports, leave of absence reports, officer's orders memoranda, uniform gratuity forms, reports from the Naval Retiring Board, and correspondence concerning medals awarded to Kennedy during his naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-031
This folder contains John F. Kennedy's Officer Fitness Report Jacket compiled by the United States Bureau of Naval Personnel. Materials in this folder include fitness reports and memoranda concerning the Naval Retiring Board, the completion of correspondence classes in foreign intelligence, and the policies governing access to Navy and Marine Corps personnel records.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-029
This folder contains materials concerning medical treatment John F. Kennedy received at the United States Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts (previously known as Naval Hospital at Charlestown and later known as Naval Hospital Boston). Materials in this folder include memoranda, admission reports, examination reports, medical charts, dental records, accounts of Kennedy's medical history, and letters from physicians at the Lahey Clinic in Boston.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-028
This folder contains materials concerning medical treatment John F. Kennedy received at the United States Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Materials in this folder include memoranda, admission forms, examination reports, and medical charts.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-026
This folder contains materials concerning the activities of the United States Navy South Pacific Fleet during World War II. Materials in this folder include memoranda, lists of commanding officers, organizational charts, and service bulletins.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-008
This folder contains materials concerning John F. Kennedy's service in the United States Navy. Items in this folder include instructions on air raid procedures, an excerpt of letters received at the Veterans' Bureau Pension and Compensation Board, a bilingual pamphlet instructing on proper care for lost or injured military officers, and letters to John F. Kennedy from the Chief of Naval Personnel concerning duty assignments, the Purple Heart Award, and monetary compensation for service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-007
This folder contains materials concerning John F. Kennedy's service in the United States Navy. Items in this folder include letters to John F. Kennedy from the Chief of Naval Personnel concerning duty assignments and travel expenses.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-011-006
This folder contains materials concerning John F. Kennedy's service in the United States Navy. Items in this folder include expenditure reports, a report of a physical examination, a copy of a log from the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island, and letters to John F. Kennedy from the Chief of Naval Personnel concerning duty assignments, travel expenses, and correspondence courses.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-038
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, concerning the former's naval service during World War II.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-133
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from a woman identified only as Victoria concerning Kennedy's naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-117
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from a man identified only as Dick concerning the latter's naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-100
This folder contains letters to John F. Kennedy from Barbara A. Spencer concerning Christmas presents and Kennedy's naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-098
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from friend (and eventual Massachusetts Senator) Benjamin Smith concerning Kennedy's naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-085
This folder contains notes on a proposed book about the United States Navy and a letter from Lieutenant Commander L.P. Marvin, Jr. to Mrs. James Wadsworth.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-077
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from friend Mary Hugo concerning his naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-065
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant James J. Cross concerning the events of World War II.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-063
This folder contains letters to John F. Kennedy from friend William C. (Moe) Coleman concerning both men's naval service.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-024-p0010
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., wearing his United States Navy Uniform. The photograph is set in a cardboard frame bearing the following inscription: "Dishinger-Woodward-Jacksonville, Fla."This photograph is currently filed under WWII. Naval Service within the John F. Kennedy Personal Papers subcollection of the Papers of John F. Kennedy.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-024-p0022
Jean Kennedy christening the Navy destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD 850), during the launching ceremony at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts.