JFK letters to mother of sailor killed on PT-109 discovered
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- The young Lieutenant Jack Kennedy writes a series of letters to the mother of a sailor killed on his navy vessel, PT-109. Her heirs learn they contain never-revealed details of PT-109’s deadly encounter with a Japanese destroyer.
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I see this and hear recorded first hand accounts of Skipper Kennedy and the tragic events of the 109 and then hear people who for what disgraceful purpose belittle his military service and I'm appalled. The men he served with on that boat regarded him as one of them as well as an in the moment leader. I salute John Kennedy as not only a gifted leader but also the war hero he truely was.
What about the conclusion????? My brother was in the Navy in DC and got to meet President Kennedy several times. He was a very personable man and would remember conversations with my brother. He would spend as much time as he could with the Navy Honor Guards just talking like regular people.
One of the finest Presidents the US ever had. He was afraid of nothing.
JFK had that Irish fatalism. He had his personal faults, but he did his duty when he could have avoided military service. So did Richard Nixon BTW. Different (better) times.
I remember where I was when Kennedy was shot.He really was an incredible man. I am sickened by his detractors. Everyone who met him loved him. We will never ever have a President like that: one who served God, family, friends and nation. Presidents since Bush are self-serving, narcisstic, two-faced liars and power hungry. . .
Kennedy never took a salary as president. It was all donated to charity.
wow .. my dad was in the U.S NAVY in 42 sent to South Pacific
This makes me very proud and sad at the same time.
Joe purportedly volunteered for his dangerous mission in part due to jealousy over Jack’s notoriety as a result of th PT 109 heroics. I think it was a piece in The New Yorker that had given fame to the incident so Jack was now well known.
when i was a small boy one of my neighbors. mr corbett was a pt man. was a friend of president kennedy. the family would still get xmas cards well into the 70's
JFK MAY have be n a lot of things. But, he was a true American warrior. I wish I could have known him.
Johnny of 1000 days - We all wanted to know him better.
Bull sht.
its a shame that there isnt a conclusion to this fascinating story!
I'm old enough to recall this story.
Does anyone know if there's a part 2?
I agree. Where is the rest of the story?
"You don't just get in to see Jack Kennedy" ? Why not, he was just another Naval boat Captain., Not the latter famous JFK.
The only reason I could think of was that his father had been ambassador to the UK and was prominent in politics.
My grandfather was a set carpenter for Warner studios in Burbank before the war. He left for New Orleans in 1942 to build these boats. They were all wood hulls and such. I wonder if he helped build the pt 109 boat?
PT 109 was made by Elco in Bayonne NJ
Your grandfather worked at Higgins, another type of pt boat
The most difficult thing for all commanding officer to do, is to lose a crew member.
I clicked on this video trying to find out the name of the sailor Kennedy pulled to shore, does anyone know his name?
Patrick H. "Pappy" McMahon.
Kennedy had real class.
What the heck where is the rest of the story?
Thank you.
Make JFK's birthday, May 29th, a national holiday.
Agreed
This was terrific. Sorry it ended with the Nephew.
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from that responsibility, I welcome it." -------------John F. Kennedy
USA forever
I can't find the restofthis what a waste of my time
The current Kennedys can not hold a candle to this group.
is that a surprise considering the horrible trauma and personal loss the next generation grew up with??
Ted did some horrible things and drank way too much.
But, how does any person deal with losing all your brothers at an early age w/ 2 of them being assassinated?
I would hate to be as small as you.
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Sounds like something Biden would do, HA ! 😂