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…
A Harvard friend of JFK’s who sailed with him in the Inter-yachting championships in Osterville, Massachusetts at the end of June, 1938.
Maurice Tobin was a protege of legendary Boston politician James Michael Curley and the governor of Massachusetts when JFK first ran for the United States…
Elizabeth “Cis” McLaughlin was the wife of JFK friend and Navy comrade Ed McLaughlin. After the war and recently married to Ed, she took a…
JFK Choate prep school friend who was invited to the Kennedy home on several occasions on school holidays.
JFK met fellow Navy officer and PT skipper Paul “Red” Fay during his war service. They would forge a life-long friendship based on the time…
Porfirio Rubirosa was a Dominican diplomat with the title of Dominican Inspector of Embassies and a friend of JFK’s from his bachelor days.
Powers Dave JFK hated to be alone and the role of chief companion fell to Dave Powers was probably the person who spent the most…
Rip Horton was a school friend of JFK’s at Choate. In 1942, Jack considered Rip to be one of his closest friends but after the…
Reed Jewel Julia Reed (known to her friends as Jewel Reed) was the wife of JFK friend Jim Reed. Her long-time marriage to Jim began…
JFK described Nixon as a “nice fellow in private but… he seems to have a split personality and he is very bad in public” [15,xxii]
Smathers was a Democratic Senator from Florida and, like JFK, a lover of women and cigars. Although they were Senate colleagues and
JFK pal from Choate who visited during vacations and weekends at the Kennedy households in Hyannis Port and Bronxville, New York. Smokey also joined Jack…
Stan Musial was a star player on the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team when JFK introduced himself in the fall of 1959.
Torbert H. “Torby” Macdonald was a college roommate of JFK and also a lifelong friend.
Supreme Court Justice who was both a friend to Joe, Sr. and JFK and Jackie. The following quote is attributed to Justice Douglas in Michael…
William Liebenow, Jr. was a tent mate of JFK in the Solomon Islands and a fellow PT boat commander on the fateful night that Kennedy’s…
Walton was a friend of both JFK and Jackie. He had been a prominent war journalist and had accompanied the 82nd Airborne division that had parachuted into…