During World War II he commanded the patrol boat PT 109, and his administration was proven to have had knowledge of the plot to assassinate Ngo Dinh Diem.
This man appointed Sargent Shriver as the first director of the Peace Corps. During World War II he commanded the patrol boat PT 109, and his administration was proven to have had knowledge of the plot to assassinate Ngo Dinh Diem. The Whiz Kids were part of his Department of Defense led by Robert McNamara, and his administration executed the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion. He won the 1960 Presidential Election against Richard Nixon, and as president, he faced Nikita Khrushchev in the Cuban Missile Crisis. For 10 points, name this president who was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson after his 1963 assassination.
This man appointed Sargent Shriver as the first director of the Peace Corps.
{J}ohn Fitzgerald {Kennedy} [accept {JFK}; prompt on {Kennedy}]