Superior to his brother. Encouraged jack kennedy to go to his father and tell him what he wanted to be in life. Is the Kennedy Family didnt know jack kennedy had any political aspirations or any political talent and inga managed to help them stand up to his father and get the support he would need to become president and because their affair was so scandalous president kennedy was nearly courtmartialed out of the navy. Here he is an officer of Naval Intelligence and dating a suspected nazi spy and nearly courtmartialed and said he was transferred and endeded up in combat in the South Pacific where he became a war hero where pt 109 was some, jack kennedy thought his career was over because he thought thinking that but would be a disaster for his career. When he came back stateside he sat down with a reporter, inga, who realized he was very heroic, she wrote the templates for all future stories about john kennedy and pt 109 that portrayed him as a war hero, not a failure and that was the
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Taking new steps to make sure all of its storm drains are secure after the body believed to be that of a nashua teenager was found in the merrimack river. 16yearold jacob goulet disappeared friday during the heavy rains. Hamm hamm is live in nashua, with the latest. People are shocked and saddened which this tragedy and lay this afternoon, nashua city officials said they have reviewed and analyzed this thorough leave, the reached out to experts and are unable to determine why this great moved in the first place. But theyre doing everything they can to make sure there is not a repeat. Its become a memorial for jacob goulet. Gow ray was last seen friday evening. Surveillance cameras caught him walking in the area, and his hat and umbrella were found near the here in New Hampshire and across america to secretary clintons visit, calling her a career politician offering the same Old Washington corruption. And saying New Hampshire voters are looking forward to sending donald trump to the whi
Above that. Rochester, close to one inch of rain. The highest totals stacking up with extreme and severe doubt are hitting the hardest, which is good news. Lingering rain up north. Steady rain will continue on and off for the next couple of hours before it tapers off to a few light showers even in northern New Hampshire. When do we get the sunshine back . What about more changes for the rest of the week . Ahead. Tom we have word that flooding has closed drake side road at lafayette road in hampton. Police are now asking drivers to avoid the area. No word on when it will reopen. Shelley tonight, Manchester City leaders voted to open the gates on streets around the new walmart. The decision comes after months of debate. Different traffic patterns sparked outrage among neighbors, concerned about safety. Wmurs mike cronin is live in manchester with more on the mike just last month, aldermen voted to make president road one way but resident said that didnt work either. Everyone appears happ