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In 1940, Kennedy attempted to enter the army's Officer Candidate School, but was medically disqualified due to his chronic lower back problems. He exercised for months to straighten his back. On September 24, 1941, with the help of the director of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)—who was the former naval attaché to Joseph Kennedy—Kennedy joined the United States Naval Reserve.
President Kennedy was was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart Medal.
When later asked how he became a war hero, Kennedy joked: "It was easy. They cut my PT boat in half."
[Obviously Mr. Trump wouldn't have liked him because any captain that loses his ship is NOT the type of person to be admired.]
President Johnson was a LTCdr in the USN during WWII.
PS - Did you know that there were actually wars that the US was engaged in between "The Civil War" and "The Vietnam War"?
That wasn't the question I was answering. And yes I know about them. My parents had to live through one under Hitler.