You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
alternatehistory.com
Supposing in the days following JFK's rescue of his fellow sailors after the wreck of his PT boat, the group are spotted and some or all of them are killed by the Japanese - including JFK. JFK is decorated posthumously and his remains return to the country as those of an American hero.
Joe Jr. will surely still attempt to win his own medal by volunteering for Operation Aphrodite and presumably (for the purposes of this thread) would not come home either.
This leaves RFK as the Kennedy family Heir Apparent.
Can anybody think of interesting and plausible paths to the Presidency (or Candidacy) for RFK?