This engraving of President John F. Kennedy was produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. During World War II, Kennedy earned a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing his shipmates after their PT boat was destroyed. Later he served as a United States congressman and Senator for the state of Massachusetts. He defeated then-Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the election of 1960, though his presidency was cut short with his assassination on November 22, 1963.
This engraving of President John F. Kennedy was produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. During World War II, Kennedy earned a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing his shipmates after their PT boat was destroyed. Later he served as a United States congressman and Senator for the state of Massachusetts. He defeated then-Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the election of 1960, though his presidency was cut short with his assassination on November 22, 1963.
