As far as American presidents go, John F. Kennedy had a lasting legacy for as short-lived as his tenure was. From his heroics in the Pacific during World War II to the Cuban Missile Crisis, from sounding the charge that would eventually lead to the Americans beating the Soviet Union to his untimely assassination, his life would lead to everything from the Kennedy Space Center to the USS John F. Kennedy being named after him.
However, all of this would never have happened had a top secret mission in World War II gone horribly wrong- and given him the window of opportunity to rise above others who had been “chosen” before him.
Known was Operation Aphrodite, the highly-classified mission was unique as far as Allied missions went, particularly due to the fact that it utilized “Kamikaze” suicide attacks that involved slamming aircraft into enemy ships, fortified U-boat repair facilities, and hardened bunkers.
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