Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. commanded a squadron of Wright-27 fighters in the United States Army Air Corps during Operation Blackbeard. During the operation, he was a tentmate of Jonathan Moss.

Later in the Second Great War, Kennedy was captured by Confederate forces and imprisoned in Andersonville. He did not escape when a tornado breached the prison's perimeter.

Kennedy was a son of Boston Democratic Party operative Joseph P. Kennedy. He did not share his father's political ambitions.