His patrol torpedo boat was called PT 109.
John Kennedy was noted for his PT boat service in WW II.
Plywood.
JFK's obvious greatest success was in not only surviving the ramming of his PT boat in world war 2, but in being able to swim his living men to shore. If this had not happened, Kennedy would not have gone on to become President (or anything else).
President Kennedy. His former crewmen made it for him.
His patrol torpedo boat was called PT 109.
John Kennedy was noted for his PT boat service in WW II.
Kennedy.
A PT boat, a swift torpedo motor boat
Personal Transportation No…It means Patrol Torpedo Boat.
John. F. Kennedy
No, he was not a Navy pilot. He commanded a PT boat, PT-109, during World War 2. His boat was destroyed and he won a Navy Cross for his efforts to return his crew to safety.
Yes, John Kennedy was commander of a PT boat during World War II
He helped his PT-109 boat crew survive after the ship was cut in two by a Japanese destroyer
It was John F. Kennedy when he commanded a PT boat. If you want to read about it a book called PT Boat 109 was written about the event.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, commanding the patrol boat PT-109 and leading his crew to rescue after the boat was sunk by the Japanese in the Solomon Islands.
this is when john's pt boat sank: August 2, 1943