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What position did Kennedy hold during World War I at a Bethlehem Steel shipyard?

  • Assistant General Manager

  • Chief Engineer

  • Shipyard Foreman

  • Sales Director

Answer

During World War I, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. served as an assistant general manager of a Boston area Bethlehem Steel shipyard. It was through this position that he became acquainted with Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the time.
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