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 Raynor Service Award of the Education Commission of the States, and the Pope John XXIII Award from Viterbo College. He belonged to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and received honorary degrees from Marquette, St. Louis University, Cardinal Stritch University and St. Norbert College. Marquette also honored Raynor by establishing an endowed faculty chair and the university's library in his name. After his third major heart surgery and a battle with cancer, Raynor died on November 14, 1997. John Patrick Raynor John Patrick Raynor (October 1, 1923 – November 14, 1997) was a Jesuit Roman Catholic priest and the twentieth president