JFK became a public hero in WWII for his actions in the Pacific as Captain of PT-109, but his older brother wasn't so ...

John F. Kennedy, with cane in the Pacific, 1943, would later downplay his PT-109 role: "It was involuntary," he quipped. "They sank my boat." Ted Robinson John F. Kennedy—elected 50 years ago ...

On a starless night in August 1943, a Japanese destroyer split Kennedy's PT-109 boat in half. The crew had been left for dead, but the future president felt it was his duty to get his men to ...

Kennedy, PT-109. But was this the actual flag flying onboard JFK's boat the night in August 1943 that PT-109 collided with a Japanese destroyer and exploded? Said executive producer Marsha Bemko ...

New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch’s latest book, “The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill ... Santoro: And you start the book with Kennedy’s PT-109 episode, and how a ...

Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's WWII military experiences during which he commanded a PT boat that sank after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer while on patrol in the South Pacific ...