Robert F. Kennedy, 17, third son of
the former Ambassador to England to
join the Navy is sworn in as a
Naval Aviation Cadet by Lieut.
Comdr. Edward S. Brower, U.S. Navy
at First Naval District
Headquarters, Boston, October 11,
1943. His prominent father Joseph
P. Kennedy, Sr., was on hand to
witness the ceremony. (AP
Photo/U.S. Navy Photo)

Newlyweds Ethel Skakel and Robert
F. Kennedy leave St. Mary's Roman
Catholic church in Greenwich, Ct.
on June 17, 1950. After a wedding
reception at the Skakel's home, the
couple will depart for a 3-month
trip to Hawaii. (AP Photo)

Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968),
chief counsel for the special
Senate committee investigating
alleged racketeering in labor, is
shown during hearings, February 27,
1957, in Washington, D.C. Kennedy
said that the FBI had informed him
that it is investigating an alleged
threat made against a witness. (AP
Photo)

President-elect John F. Kennedy
(1917-1963) announces his
appointment to the post of Attorney
General from the steps of his
Georgetown home in Washington,
D.C., on Dec. 16, 1960. Robert
Kennedy, who is 35, stands beside
his brother. It is the first time
in U.S. history that a president or
president-elect has chosen a
brother to be in his cabinet. (AP
Photo)

Members of the Kennedy family
attend U.S. President John F.
Kennedy's burial at Arlington
Cemetary, in Arlington, Va. on Nov.
25, 1963. At center with veil is
JFK's mother, Rose Kennedy
(1890-1995); his brother Attorney
General Robert Kennedy (1925-1968);
and far right, his widowed wife,
Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994). (AP
Photo)

After being elected Senator of New
York in 1964, Sen. Robert F.
Kennedy of New York, looks upwards
to Mt. Kennedy, 150 miles west of
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on
March 24, 1965, after his arrival
at a base camp where he and a party
of experienced mountain climbers
began an assault on the mountain
yesterday. Kennedy hopes to be the
first man to climb the 13,900-foot
peak, named after President John F.
Kennedy, in memorial to his late
brother. The party lead by Everest
climber Jim Whittaker of Seattle,
hopes to reach the summit today.
(AP Photo/Doug Wilson)

Senator Robert F. Kennedy, D-NY, is
pictured March 22, 1967. (AP
Photo/Charlie Tasnadi). The next
year, 1968, RFK decided to
challenge Lyndon Johnson for the
Democratic nomination to run for
president. On June 5, 1968 RFK was
assassinated.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy speaks to
campaign workers, June 5, 1968, as
his wife Ethel, left, and
California campaign manager and
speaker of the California Assembly,
Jesse Unruh, look on, at the
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
After making a short speech,
Kennedy was fatally shot in the hotel
kitchen by Sirhan Sirhan (1944-).
Sirhan was convicted and sentenced
to death, but his sentence was
commuted to life in prison. He is
still in jail as of 2007.
(AP Photo)