Diploma for Training Motor Torpedo Boat Duty for Lt. John F. Kennedy
Artifact IDMO 76.188
Object Type
Diploma
Date
December 1, 1942
Place MadeMelville, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Medium
Ink on paper
DimensionsOverall H 9 in x W 10 in (22.9 cm x 25.4 cm )
Physical DescriptionCertificate from Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center stating that John F. Kennedy, Lieutenant (jg), I-V(s), USNR satisfactorily completed training course. In the fall of 1942 Kennedy entered the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island. On 10 October 1942, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade. He completed this training December 2, 1942 and was ordered to the training squadron, Motor Torpedo Squadron FOUR, for duty as the Commanding Officer of a motor torpedo boat, PT 101.
Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteItem is from the personal collection of President John F. Kennedy It was donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesJohn F. Kennedy Personal Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676959)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedUse Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.In Collection(s)
Exhibitions
Not on view
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