This building was rebuilt on 1954. Kerry and his family often spend their summer holidays here. When Kerry is here, he always likes to play games with his cousins. It was during this period that he became good friends with his cousin Brice Lalonde, who later became a French socialist and participated in the French presidential election of 198 1.
Because of his father's work, the Kerry family often moved and changed schools many times when they were young. Years later, he recalled, "What bored me was that I was always moving and saying goodbye. This affects you, makes you indifferent, and makes you feel rootless. This is not a very good thing for children. " 1 1 years old, his family moved to Berlin, and he went to boarding school in Switzerland. When he returned to his home in Berlin, he would cycle around the former Nazi capital completely destroyed by the allied forces, and sometimes even sneak into the Soviet-controlled area alone until his father found him and punished him not to go out again. When I was a child, Kerry often lived alone. He once rode alone across France, sailed from Norway to England, and even camped alone in Sherwood Forest. At school, he had the opportunity to watch the movie Scaramouche, which became his favorite movie from then on. He also named his yacht after the protagonist in the movie. When Kerry's father was sent to work in the American Embassy in Oslo, Norway, Kerry was sent back to boarding school in Massachusetts. From 65438 to 0957, he went to Fei Sen School in West Newton Village, Massachusetts, where he met Richard Pershing, the grandson of the famous American general john joseph pershing.
The following year, Kerry transferred to St. Paul's School in New Hampshire and graduated from 1962. My father's salary as a diplomat was not enough to pay for Kerry's tuition, so Clara Winthrop, Kerry's childless aunt, volunteered to pay for Kerry's tuition. Kerry felt out of place in Sao Paulo because he believed in Catholicism. Most students in Sao Paulo came from communist party and Protestant Episcopal families.
Although it is difficult for some of them to integrate into the environment of Sao Paulo, Kerry has made many friends here and expanded his interests. He learned how to speak in public and became interested in politics. In his spare time, he likes playing ice hockey and hockey. He is a member of a team with robert muller, the current director of the FBI. Kerry also formed a band with others. He is an electric guitarist in the band. The band also released an album at 196 1. In 2004, one of the albums was sold for $25,565,438 on Yi Bei auction website.
From 65438 to 0959, Kerry founded the John Winant Society at St. Paul's School to comment on current events, which still exists today. 1962 In the autumn, Kerry entered Yale University to study political science, and obtained a bachelor's degree in political science in 1966. In college, he participated in the school football team, American hockey team, hockey team and fencing team; In addition, he also took flight courses. In order to earn pocket money, he also worked as a warehouse transporter and a salesman selling encyclopedias door to door during the summer vacation.
In his sophomore year, he became the chairman of the Yale Political League, which gave him the opportunity to participate in major political events at that time, including the influential civil rights movement. Kerry also joined skull and bones at Yale University. Under the guidance of yust G. Osterweis, a professor of history, Kerry defeated many debaters from other schools and won the national debate championship. 1965 In March, when the Vietnam War was getting worse, Kerry won the Best Young Speaker Award from Ten Eyck for a speech criticizing American foreign policy.
In this speech, Kerry said, "What makes people in Africa and Asia more afraid is not imperialism, but western imperialism, so the war will eventually fail." Because of his excellent speech ability, he was elected as the representative of Yale graduates on 1966. The speech severely criticized the foreign policy of the United States at that time, including the Vietnam War.
1976, Kerry also studied at Boston College Law School and obtained a law degree. 1962, Kerry began to be a volunteer in Edward Kennedy's Senate campaign. That summer, he started dating Jacqueline Kennedy's half-sister, Janet Auchincloss. Audrey Krauss invited Kerry to her home on a farm in Rhode Island. It was here that Kerry first met President John F. Kennedy.
When Kerry told Kennedy that he was going to Yale University for further study, Kennedy, who graduated from Harvard, made a face (Harvard and Yale have traditionally been competing for top universities). Kerry later recalled: "He smiled and said to me,' Oh, it doesn't matter. You know I'm from Yale now. "According to Kerry's memory," the president later said that classic sentence,' Harvard education plus Yale degree' ". Kennedy actually meant that Yale University had just awarded him an honorary degree a few weeks ago. On that day, a White House photographer took a picture of the President and his friends. Kerry and Kennedy appeared on the president's sailboat at the same time. A few weeks later, they met again at the America's Cup regatta in Rhode Island. 1 966 February 18, after Kerry applied for an extension of graduation 12 months and his request to study in Paris was rejected, Kerry voluntarily signed up for the US Navy Reserve [1]. He officially entered the army in August 19. After successfully completing 16 weeks of military training at the Military Academy of the United States Naval Training Center, he officially joined the army on 12 16. That Christmas, Kerry said goodbye to his relatives and then went to California to attend the 10 week officer injury control course at the naval school. 1On March 22nd, 967, he reported to the Air Combat Training Center of the US Fleet for training and became an inspector of the War Information Center.
Kerry first started his mission on June 8, 1967 at/kloc-0, working in the electronic department of the USS Gridley missile frigate, with the rank of second lieutenant. On February 9th, 1968, Gridley set out for the western Pacific. On the second day after boarding the ship, Kerry requested to serve in Vietnam and suggested that he wanted to be the captain of a fast patrol boat (PCF). This 50-foot-long speedboat has an aluminum shell and almost no steel plate protection, but it is equipped with heavy weapons and is very fast. "I didn't want to get involved in the war at that time," Kerry mentioned in a book about Vietnam War memories published by 1986. "When I joined the clippers, they haven't officially participated in the battle. They're just involved in coastal patrol missions. I thought I would participate in similar tasks. "
Gridley has been to many places, including Wellington in New Zealand, Beibu Gulf in North Vietnam and the Philippines. At this time, Gridley had not exchanged fire with the enemy, and began to return on May 27th 1968. On June 6th of the same year, Gridley returned to California safely.
10 after returning to China, Kerry was promoted to lieutenant; 1On June 20th, 968, Kerry left Gridley for training at the amphibious naval base in Colorado. Kerry completed his training on June 7 1 17 in the same year and arrived at the fleet of the first detachment of Cam Ranh Bay Navy 14 Division in South Vietnam on June 30 18+0. Kerry is the captain of two speedboats in the speedboat team and participated in the "Neptune Action". The goal of the operation is to go deep into the Vietnam-controlled area. The task of the speedboat team is to patrol the narrow waters of the Mekong Delta-canals, inlets and bays, monitor the enemy's movements, block the enemy's water supply lines, induce the enemy to attack or expose the enemy's military strength.
Kerry was captain of the speedboat team for four months. His first boat was the speedboat PCF-44, and he led five members of the boat to patrol the enemy-occupied areas. 1969 65438+ 10 Kerry was transferred to the speedboat PCF-94 as the captain. In the following 48 days, he commanded 18 missions on this ship. On Sunday (May 3 1 Sunday), US Secretary of State John Kerry, who was visiting Europe, had an accident while riding a bicycle in the border area of Switzerland and France, and his leg was injured.
At present, Kerry's injury is stable and life-threatening and he is being treated in a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland.
Kerry, 7 1 year-old, is a cycling enthusiast. When the accident happened, he was riding a bicycle in Scionzier, a French town 40 kilometers away from Geneva, Switzerland. He fell down and was injured after hitting the roadside by his bicycle.
Kerry is currently visiting Europe and was scheduled to go to Madrid, Spain later on Sunday to meet the king and prime minister.
Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif on Saturday for talks on Iran's nuclear program.