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who brought airplanes in with them. Eight assorted light planes were contracted, commandeered, and diverted. The swift boats, 140 trucks, 300 radios, and 70 mortars sailed from Charlestown for Africa on August 30th aboard a freighter called…
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The boat's 140 trucks, several hundred radios, and 70 mortars sailed on August 30th from Charlestown for Africa aboard a freighter. Project delivery to Zaire also included a dozen M113 armored personnel carriers and about 20,000 automatic r…
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He was a Harvard-educated candidate and seemed too aloof to run with that pack. Joe Kennedy tried to outfit his son with the best campaign brain trust money could buy, but JFK preferred to work with the young war veterans like himself. Jack…
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the son of a dock worker who had died when Powers was two, leaving his widow and eight children, the political operator knew the dreams and heartaches of the families crowded into the neighborhoods. When Kennedy first approached him in Char…
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He was described by Powers as aggressively shy. Even after Powers turned him down over drinks, Kennedy kept dogging him, showing up a few nights later at his family's three-decker flat, peppering with questions. Well, if you were helping me…
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JFK was addressing a group of gold star mothers, women who had lost sons in the war at Charlestown American Legion Hall. As Kennedy began to speak, a hush fell over the crowd. Power stood listening in the back of the room. And at first, the…
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There was nothing like the reaction he received. He immediately was surrounded by all of these Charlestown's mothers. And in the background, I could hear them saying, he reminds me of my own son. It was overwhelming. Powers finally gave in.…