Every waking moment he went swimming, either to intercept American ships or to find more hospitable islands or find more edible food. Against the wishes of everyone else - some who wanted to wait for rescue and some who wanted to surrender to the Japanese - JFK took action. If it hadn't been for JFK's courage in the Solomon Islands he and his ten fellow shipwrecks would have been either taken prisoner or starved to death. While he was bed-ridden after his near-death back surgery as a Senator in 1954, he wrote Profiles In Courage. After the death of his older brother, Joseph, he assuaged his pain by writing a book about him. JFK got strength from reading about courageous historical figures and writing about them always eased his pain. and that is the basis of all human morality.Ĭourage in others inspired John Fitzgerald Kennedy to be courageous, just as John Fitzgerald Kennedy inspires courage in others. In spite of obstacles or dangers and pressures, A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences,
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