Hawaii’s state quarter
                 

George Stanley McGovern is a former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator,
and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election.

He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and as a
B-24 Liberator pilot flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe. He
was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for making a hazardous
emergency landing of his damaged plane and saving his crew.

After the war, McGovern obtained degrees from Dakota Wesleyan University 
and Northwestern University, earning a Ph.D, becoming a history professor. 
 

Lieutenant McGovern in front of his B-24, the Dakota Queen.

President John F. Kennedy and George McGovern in 1961

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968)

Robert F. Kennedy speaks to campaign workers at the Ambassador
Hotel minutes before being shot.

Following a brief victory speech delivered just past midnight on Thursday,
June 5 at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy was shot by
Sirhan Sirhan. Mortally wounded, he survived for nearly 26 hours, dying
early in the morning of June 6.

Senator Kennedy lies wounded on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel, 
after being shot by his assailant.  Kennedy’s wife Ethel is shown at 
lower left.

Recent mug shot of Sirhan

 
Senator Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

Often referred to by his initials JFK, Kennedy was the 35th President of
the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He
was the youngest man elected President; and the youngest to die. 

 
The official White House portrait of John F. Kennedy by Aaron Shikler