![]() August 7 was the 20-year anniversary of the day the Navy had rescued him in World War II after he had spent five days marooned on an island in the Pacific. President Kennedy was at the White House at the time. Walsh was summoned, and they were taken by helicopter to the Otis Air Force Base. While the children were riding, Kennedy felt labor pains. On the morning of Wednesday, August 7, Jackie Kennedy took Caroline and John Jr for a pony ride in Osterville, Massachusetts. Nearby Otis Air Force Base Hospital had also prepared a suite for her in case it was necessary. Walsh, to accompany her when she and her children spent the summer in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. As John had also been premature, she asked her obstetrician, John W. Two healthy children had followed, Caroline in 1957 and John Jr. She had suffered a miscarriage in 1955, followed the next year by a stillborn baby girl they planned to name Arabella (after the Arbella ship). ![]() In August 1963, the 34-year-old Jackie Kennedy was in her third year as First Lady and in the third trimester of her fifth pregnancy. ![]()
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