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Document 41230

JOHN F. KENNEDY
A day before his 30th birthday, JFK promises to try to get a constituent a commission as ensign in the U.S. Navy.
TLS: "Jack Kennedy" as Congressman, 1p, 8x10½. Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1947 May 28. To staff member Billy Kelly, East Boston. In full: "This will acknowledge receipt of your communication of recent date, relative to Thomas M. Delorenzo of 11 Antrim Street, East Boston, who is anxious to secure a commission as ensign in the Naval Reserve. In reply, I wish to advise you that I am immediately taking this matter up with the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, and shall do what I can to assist in this connection. I am today writing Delorenzo in this regard, and shall keep him informed as to developments. With best wishes to all the Kellys." Kennedy had served in the Navy in World War II and later said, "any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: I served in the United States Navy." Horizontal fold touches the "J" and "k" in Jack and the "K", second "e" and "d" in Kennedy. File holes at upper blank margin. Lightly creased.

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