Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Har yanzu tare da 3rd Infantry Regiment a farkon yakin Mutanen Espanya-Amurka, Kennedy ya ga aikin a Cuba kuma ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin El Caney. Bayan shan kashi a Spain a 1898, Kennedy ya koma Amurka don shiga cikin yakin da ake yi wa 'yan Indiyawan Leech Lake a cikin kaka na wannan shekarar, a wannan lokacin tare da 8th Infantry.