{"id":8254,"date":"2018-05-19T17:46:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T21:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyjfk.com\/?p=8254"},"modified":"2018-05-19T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T21:50:48","slug":"william-c-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyjfk.com\/william-c-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"William C. Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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. ambassador to Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyjfk.com\/william-c-battle\/battle\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8257\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8257\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjfk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Battle.jpg\" alt=\"William C. Battle\" width=\"276\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He recalled to another biographer:<\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Kennedy impressed me as almost being right out of central casting for a job as skipper of a PT boat. He was exciting. He was smart, quick, great sense of humor. He could laugh at himself. Just a wonderful companion&#8230; highly idealistic, obviously intent on making the greatest possible contribution that he could. Always concerned about the welfare of his crew, this was one of his outstanding traits.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[127, p. 5&#8211;51]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. ambassador to Australia. He recalled to another biographer: Jack Kennedy impressed me as almost being right out of central casting for a job as skipper of a PT boat. 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