Discovering the sunken remains of PT-109 is like finding the rusted shaft of King Arthur's sword. Like the mythical king who gained his throne by pulling the sword from a stone, John F. Kennedy's ...
July 10 -- All through his meteoric political career, John F. Kennedy was often asked to tell the story of what happened to him in the South Pacific in World War II. With some embarrassment and a bit ...
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PT-109: The WWII Boat of LTJG (and Future POTUS) John F. Kennedy
JFK’s heroic actions earned him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, as well as a Purple Heart. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's newly-confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), ...
When John F. Kennedy was asked about what he did to become a hero in the Pacific War in 1943, he responded by saying, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat." The truth is that Kennedy was a hero, ...
President John F. Kennedy served as a US Navy lieutenant and commander of a patrol torpedo (PT) boat during World War II. Getty Images US Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy commanded PT-109 in the Solomon ...
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JFK And PT-109: Leadership Under Fire
Years before he became the 35th President of the United States, John F Kennedy showed great courage and leadership as the commander of a patrol boat in WWII. His heroic actions earned him service ...
U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, swam the Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the rescue of her father’s ...
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