Kennedy, as he was a former Naval officer on PT boats.
The original words were written as a hymn by a schoolmaster and clergyman of the Church of England
The first stanza of the "Navy Hymn" is sung to close each chapel service during Sunday's Divine Services.
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Actually many future Presidents were commanded by Presidents. Example: JF Kennedy served in the Navy under Roosevelt and Trueman (Who served in the Army under Wilson). LB Johnson served in the Navy under FDR, George HW Bush served in the Navy under FDR & Trueman. Many of the Presidents served in the military and took orders from the Presidents in office.
An English schoolmaster named William Whiting (1825- 1878), wrote the original words around 1860.
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JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter and George H.W. Bush were all Navy Officers.
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Six future presidents served in the navy - George H. W. Bush, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter. Both Roosevelts served as assistant-secretaries of the Navy. Bush was a navy pilot since there was no separate air force department in those days.
Both Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and his successor, Richard M. Nixon, were promoted to Navy Commanders in the Naval Reserve following their active service. President Gerald R. Ford, who succeeded Nixon, was a Naval Reserve Lt. Commander. Presidents George H.W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter all left the Navy as Lieutenants.
Democratic US Presidents with military service were Andrew Jackson (Army), James K. Polk (Tennessee state militia), Franklin Pierce (Army), James Buchanan (Army), Andrew Johnson (Army), Harry S. Truman (Army), John F. Kennedy (Navy), Lyndon B. Johnson (Navy), and Jimmy Carter (Navy).
The Marines Hymn was adapted from an operatic air!- the official USN song- Anchors Aweigh, came out in the teens or early twenties and was adapted immediately for Naval bands at the Academy, where it became the theme song. contrary to popular opinion the whaling ditty ( Blow the Man down) was not considered as an alternate if ( Don"t ask, Don"t tell, was repealed, this is a good joke! Marines" hymn was adapted from an opera called Genevieve de Brabant- perhaps March King Sousa had some role in this. Two different songs.