Lennie Thom
Lennie Thom was the executive officer of PT 109 when it was sunk the Japanese troop transport ship the Amagiri. Before his service in the…
The Life of John F. Kennedy
Lennie Thom was the executive officer of PT 109 when it was sunk the Japanese troop transport ship the Amagiri. Before his service in the…
Leon E. Drawdy, age 30, was one of Kennedy’s original crew on PT 109, joining the boat the day that Jack assumed command. [Blair, p….
Maurice Kowal served under Kennedy as a crewman on the PT 109, although he had left the boat before it was rammed by the Japanese…
Phil Potter was the skipper of PT 169. His boat had become detached from the second group of PTs who went on on patrol with…
Torpedoman Second Class Raymond L. Starkey served under JFK on PT 109 and was on the boat when it was struck by the Japanese destroyer….
Victor H. Krulak (nicknamed “Brute”) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marines. In October, 1943 he led a group of Marines onto Choiseul…
William C. Battle was a tent mate of JFK on Tulagi and fellow commanding officer of a PT boat. In 1962, JFK appointed him U.S….
William C. Specht was the commander at the PT training school in Melville, Rhode Island when Jack was transferred to learn PT boat seamanship from…