March 28, 1943
JFk is aboard a troop transport ship (the converted French passenger liner Rochambeau) when he reaches the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, where he…
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January 11, 1943
JFK is in the third day of taking four training PT boats from Melville to Jacksonville, Florida. He was attempting to pull one of the…
September 13, 1942
A photograph of PT boat skippers including JFK is published in the Chicago Sun newspaper. The clipping was later sent to Kennedy by his close…
PT 59
JFK was given command of this Navy vessel on September 1, 1943 after returning to duty following his recovery from the sinking of PT-109 in…