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-Graduated from Harvard cum laude (with honours)

-His senior thesis, Appeasement in Munich, was published and became a bestseller under the title Why England Slept. It was certified magna cum laude (with high honours)

-His PT-109 incident in the Pacific during WWII made him a war hero; he got the Purple Heart for being wounded in battle

-As a senator he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won a Pulitzer Prize (although there has been much controversy over the authorship -- the general consensus is that most of the work was done by Kennedy's speechwriter, Ted Sorenson)

-Pacem en Terris (Latin for "Peace on Earth") award, awarded by the pope to a Roman Catholic who made a contribution to the effort of peacekeeping

-Presidential Medal of Freedom (awarded posthumously)

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