Original upload date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:10:35 GMT
President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at the Christening of the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy in Virginia.
'' In March 1943, almost a quarter of a century ago, a young naval lieutenant assumed h
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is first command--a tiny PT boat--and sailed intrepidly into the savage battle for the Solomons.''
'' No President understood this Nation's historic role and purpose better than John F. Kennedy. No man knew more deeply the burdens of that role. And no man ever gave more.
Let this ship we christen in his name be a testament that his countrymen have not forgotten.
Thank you very much.''
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was then christened by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
Caroline Kennedy smashed a champagne bottle against the bow of the USS John F. Kennedy in honor of her father and late president at Newport News shipyards, Va. Assisting Caroline was Donald A. Holden, president of the shipyard company that built the aircraft carrier.
