Joe Kernell
Joe Kernell was a PT officer in the Solomons that Jack turned to for advice and guidance as he assumed command of PT 109.
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Cribbage
JFK spent some of this free time while in the Solomons playing cribbage. His PT109 crew scrounged scrap plywood and fashioned sets for them to…
Heading North
JFK spent this Saturday heading north from his month long respite in Palm Beach after returning from the Solomons. [153, p. 358]
May 6, 1943
JFK wrote a letter to his lifelong friend Lemoyne Billings. He described a sobering incident that occurred to him during the first day of his…
Detached
JFK was officially detached from Squadron 14, which had just offically formed, and received orders to report to the Solomons. [153, p. 190]