William C. Battle
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….
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Drydock Again
JFK was not assigned a mission and PT 59 remained in drydock again. [153, p. 328]
Mr. Ross
JFK was in Palm Beach and wrote a letter to Mr. Ross, father of his PT 109 mate Barney Ross. JFK later included this letter…
January 7, 1944
JFK retured from the war in the Solomon Islands and arrived in San Francisco bay on the USS Breton after his trans-Pacific transport from Tulagi…
Detached
JFK was officially detached from his naval duties after he had left Vella LaVella and traveled to Tulagi, although some authors have this date as…
November 18, 1943
November 18, 1943 JFK was forced to relinquish his command of PT 59 when he was ordered by a Navy physician to report to the…
First Mission
JFK and crew head out of Tulagi to Guadalcanal to stage for the first mission of PT 109. [153, p. 329]
On the base
JFK and his crew remained on the base at Tulagi for the 3rd consecutive day after two days of trial runs. [153, p.328]
Drydock
JFK was on Tulagi with the PT 59 in drydock. [153, p. 328]
Repairs
JFK took PT 109 and his crew off the frontline at the Russell to return to Tulagi for repairs of three engines. One fellow sailor…
Command
John F. Kennedy formally took command of PT 109 at Sesapi, Tulagi. He replaced Lt. Larson, who was due for a rotation back to the…