Patrick Bouvier Kennedy it was necessary. On the morning of Wednesday, August 7, Jackie Kennedy took Caroline and John Jr for a pony ride in Osterville, Massachusetts. While the children were riding, Kennedy felt labor pains. Walsh was summoned, and they were taken by helicopter to the Otis Air Force Base. President Kennedy was at the White House at the time. August 7 was the 20-year anniversary of the day the Navy had rescued him in World War II after he had spent five days marooned on an island in the Pacific. Kennedy had been in command of Motor Torpedo Boat "PT-109" when
John Patrick Higgins the Justice Department with the approval of President Truman to be the United States judge on the 11 country International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo, Japan, Judge Higgins resigned in June 1946 to return to his family and his duties as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. During his Congressional career, Congressman Higgins advocated for improved working conditions and benefits in America and against religious persecution in Mexico. Higgins died in Boston and was interred in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. John Patrick Higgins John Patrick Higgins (19 February 1893 – 2 August 1955) was