William Manchester wrote, “It was ironic that John Kennedy, whom the world knew as a man of peace, and whose proudest achievements had been the Test Ban Treaty and the successful conclusion of the Cuban confrontation without bloodshed, should be buried as a warrior, but there really was no other way: if he must go in glory, and clearly he must, the troops were indispensable. There were no splendid traditions, no magnificent farewells for a hero of peace.”
