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LETTERS WRITTEN BY R.F.K. AND
J.F.K. DURING WORLD WAR II
ARE
AMONG THE KENNEDY FAMILY ITEMS
UP FOR AUCTION.
WHAT THEY REVILE
ABOUT LIFE
DURING SUCH A VOLATILE PERIOD IN
HISTORY.
JOHN F. KENNEDY WROTE A
SERIES OF
LETTERS TO THE FAMILY
OF HAROLD W.MARNEY ONE OF
TWO
CREW MEMBERED KILLED WHEN IT WAS
SUNK BAY JAPANESE
DESTROYER.
JACK REACHED OUT TO THEM.
THE FAMILY WASN'T SURE WHETHER
OR NOT THEIR SON WAS ALIVE OR
LOST AT SEA.
SO JACK WROTE TO
MRS. MARNEY
THEY LOOKED FOR HAROLD AND THERE
WAS NO TRACE OF HIM.
THE FINAL LETTER WAS WRITTEN
NEARLY 20
YEARS LATER WHEN THE
NEW PRESIDENT INVITED HER TO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE ONLY
TIME THAT I KNOW OF
WRITING ABOUT 09 WHEN IT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
A
NEPHEW OF THE PURPLE HEART
WINNER PUT THE LETTERS AND OTHER
ITEMS UP FOR AUCTION
WHERE THEY
ARE EXPECTED TO FETCH $50,000 TO
$60,000.
PETER MCCLELLAN
WAS BOBBY'S
BEST FRIEND.
ANOTHER LOT OF LETTERS FROM
1941 TO
1945 DETAILS EXCHANGES
BETWEEN A TEENAGED ROBERT F.
KENNEDY AND A FRIEND.
THEY ARE
VALUED AT $20,000 TO
$30,000.
WHEN HE ASKED PETER HOW ARE
YOU DOING ON THE
GIRL FRONT?
DO YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?
AND HE SAYS IN THIS LETTER
THAT
HE LACKS -- HE LACKS THE KENNEDY
CHARM AND
HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO
FIND A GIRL YET WHO LIKES ME BUT
I DON'T QUIT
EASILY.
IN A MORE SERIOUS LETTER,
R.F.K. WRITES
OF HEADING HOME
BEFORE JACK HEADS OFF TO WAR.
BUT YOU KNOW US KEN DYS,
KENNEDYS,
ROUGH, TOUGH AND ALWAYS