In Kerrys speech to Congress in 71 he even tries to sound like Kennedy. He tried to copy Kennedy by, went Navy, small boat unit so he could captain a craft, took his camera crew for documentation for future political hype,told others of his future presidential run, married into wealth etc, etc.
BTTT
I thought Kennedy horribly botched the Bay of Pigs, and then sent the first ground troops to Vietnam (14,000 troops?) thus making him the president who started that horrible war.