When John F. Kennedy was asked about what he did to become a hero in the Pacific War in 1943, he responded by saying, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat." ...

The ex-USS John F. Kennedy was the last conventionally-powered carrier built for the Navy. The aircraft carrier was also the site of one of the greatest military pranks. After nearly 40 years of ...

The National Archives is looking for help identifying people in several photos taken during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. They’ve enlisted the help of Flickr and posted the photos there with ...

Every enlisted man dreams of it: pulling rank on the military’s highest brass. The heroics of John F. Kennedy, lieutenant, junior grade, in the South Pacific after his PT‑109 was sunk in 1943 ...

Gordon F. Sander is a writer and historian based in Riga, Latvia. He is the author of several works of military and Cold War history, including most recently, The Finnish Factor: Kekkonen, Kennedy ...

John F. Kennedy told Ben Bradlee that "the principal job of the president of the United States was to keep the country out of war," Kennedy said. At this point, someone in the audience yelled "Yes!" ...

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage. The ship will sail down to Brownsville, Texas, where it will be dismantled.

Nearly six decades after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, myths and misunderstandings persist about the President. The tragic way in which the handsome political ...

The military wanted 140,000 ground troops, ... John F. Kennedy is the only one-term president consistently included in the list of top 10 presidents made by American historians.

John F. Kennedy took George Plimpton by surprise after a dinner party one evening when he pulled his friend aside for a word in the Oval Office. The president had Reconstruction on his mind ...

Sixty autumns have passed since the assassination of John F. Kennedy that Friday, Nov. 22, a day that traumatized a generation of children and revealed the impermanence of their innocence.