Caroline Kennedy, Jack Schlossberg honor JFK rescue during WWII
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2023
- Ambassador Caroline Kennedy along with her son Jack Schlossberg completed a special swim to honor President John F. Kennedy and the 80th anniversary of the miraculous survival story that made him a war hero. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.
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When you hear these stories. It's amazing what past generations went through during their lifetime.
We have it so easy because of them. Thank you Pres. Kennedy for your service.
Please help us through the trying times we face now with our country's political divide.
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Her son looks just like her brother it’s creepy
Nope, he looks like his dad Ed
Thank you Pres JFK for your service, and for your inspiring legacy!
There's another bit of the story that should've been mentioned. In the collision/wreck, JFK sustained the back injury that plagued him the rest of his life (remember the rocking chair in the Oval Office?).
As they said, he towed a badly injured member of his crew the whole way & during the days & nights they were stranded he would swim back out a fairly long distance to watch for ships.
He did all that with his injured back hurting him but he was determined to keep going & to find help for his crew & himself.
The story & President Kennedy's actions are even more heroic when you factor in what he was dealing with as he did his best for his men.
We lost someone very special when we lost him.
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Thank you for bringing that up, as I was surprised she didn’t mention it.
Caroline son is not as handsome as john jr.
He had significant back issues, and other health issues, prior to his WWII service, and was originally rejected for service because of health/back issues.
@@elsiecovington8481JFK jr was very handsome ... no comparison, for sure !
He was incredibly brave.
Incredible!
What a great American! Thank you to the Kennedy family for carrying on the legacy. 🙏🏻
It just shows you the courage and strength P.K. and his men had.
One of the best stories of jfk I have ever heard
I'm happy to see that she and her son showed gratitude to the descendants of "the native".
I never knew, thank you
Their relationship is so lovely
❤ Fantastic ❤
My father kept a picture of Kennedy and the picture of the coconut on his dresser for my whole life
A beautiful tribute to a fantastic human being 😅John Kennedy.
This world is not the same loving place it was when he was alive.God how we need this man today!,
Thank you Caroline!,,
Sadly, Caroline publicly ridiculed her uncle RFK Jr. because he spoke out against the covid vax - not a very nice thing to do.
@@sueandpatrick NOT UNCLE, COUSIN !
@@sueandpatrick Her uncle is a crackpot - look into his relationship with his ex-wife and her suicide. Also, he is a user, putting out ads with JFK and members of the Kennedy family - which reminds people of his ässociation. RFK jr is No JFK or RFK - his family warns him but he does it anyway and he says - sorry. Then they have to take ads or speak out contradicting what he says. Not one of them supports him. That says something, doesn't it? .
Very moving
Nearly one million American troops passed through Australia and there was a large unfortunate group left behind...the Abandoned Overseas Children of American Servicemen. A small percentage are still alive.
Australian coast watcher, Reg Evans coordinated the rescue of JFK & the others. In 1961 JFK invited Evans to the White House where the two reunited. Quite a remarkable story.
Outstanding
Brave people.🎉🎉🎉
How I miss John !!!!
The PRESIDENT I HOPE 😊
What a poignant and charming story. Nice to be reminded of the greatness of many of our political heros.
Correction: not political heroes - AMERICAN heroes from the Greatest Generation. Now we have men that think they're women!!!
What other politicians are war heroes?
seemingly this heroes are in the past.
Regardless if it’s myth or legend it was a desperate experience for all who survived.. 7 days surviving oppressive tropic heat with a busted back and enemy patrolling speaks for itself.
JFK and his crew were true heros.
Sad that their story is remembered only because he went on the be famous. One wonders how many other such stories are now forgotten since none of the participants went on to be famous...
they are not forgotten by the people who study history. the ones that are forgotten are the nameless but even than there story is not
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Caroline looks great and such a handsome son.
I like their relationship - warm, interactive and they are enjoying each other.
The President was a very strong swimmer, and I don’t think they’d have survived had they not made that swim. If they had been discovered by the Japanese they’d likely have been killed by the Japanese…And, in addition to the Solomon Islanders, let’s not forget the Australian Coastwatcher…
Well Caroline I'm glad ur happy..long time no c soccer game..can't apologize for my first name .although I sumtimes wish I was named after grandfather John.
Not doctor harvey.
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Did everybody catch the word "maybe" from the reporter?
For me it means follow JOs lead
Saw the movies PT 109 a couple years ago on line. Excellent movie Cliff Robertson as JFK. Might even have been on YT.
Looking forward to voting for Kennedy. Another bridge builder for peace.
RFKjr. is the opposite of a bridge builder for peace. Be aware that this family has a history of helping and supporting each other - there is a reason why they can't and won't support this one.
@@LJ-ht4zs His family 5 members are supporting Biden because they work for him and get a guaranteed paycheck from him.
Kennedy has sued on behalf of poisoned people and for my freedom of speech rights. That’s nonpartisan.
@@LJ-ht4zs And yet they support Biden and Harris..Seems they have no more credibility. JFK if he were alive today would be too conservative for these liberal loons.
A movie was made about this “PT109” but the whole story has not been told. JFK rallied his men and stepped up as their leader. 2 natives from a nearby island carried a message JFK carved on a coconut to allied forces resulting in the rescue of PT109. The natives, Seventh Day Adventist converts, kept the crews hopes up by singing hymns with them including the children’s song Jesus Loves Me. JFK invited the natives to his inaugural but they were bamboozled by island “officials” out of going. The coconut was encased in glass and sat on JFK’s desk in the Oval Office. JFK corresponded with the natives, acknowledging God’s Providence to him and his crew.
JFK’s story has not really been told. Like the last line of the “Undelivered Speech” that JFK was on his way to deliver when he was gunned down in Dealey Plaza -
EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN.
Psalm 127:1
Perhaps the seed that was beginning to sprout when JFK was murdered had been planted by these two natives back in WW II. JFK was all too human, but I believe he felt the same responsibility for America as he did for the crew of the PT 109. Thank you Caroline for making the swim. You grew up without a father. Rest assured he was a great man.
Caroline had several years with her father before his untimely death. The entire Kennedy family surrounding them with love, encouragement and steadfast devotion to keep their father’s memory ever present throughout their lives.
@@teresalegler2777 Untimely?
The night after the collision, JFK swam into Ferguson Passage, a regular PT boat route in the Solomons. He swam for an hour and a half, treaded water until he saw flares from an engagement at Gizo Island, ten miles away. Exhausted, the current carried him to the open sea as he tried swimming back. He gave up, still holding his signal lantern, and passed out. The current carried him in a circle, until he awoke back where he saw the flares. He finally made it back to his men. In a life filled with illness and pain, this deliverance from death saved us all, for as President he fought the military industrial complex as it worked to checkmate him into a nuclear war, and succeeded at holding them off at the cost of his life. Thank you, sir.
@@stevenuanna4747He was assassinated by the Unspeakable as he worked with Khrushchev toward disarmament and peace.
God Bless the Kennedy families they have suffered a lot of tragèdies 😂❤❤❤❤❤
Many due to their own actions!!!!
Melody
Uncle Ted would be so embarrassed by Jack’s criticism of RFJ JR who many of us love and admire.
I totally agree 💥
@Louise-gg4mf: What exactly do you admire about RFK Jr.? His devotion to his three wives, one of which killed herself? His affairs while married? His stupidity about the menace of COVID vaccines which saved lives? His retractions about race relations that he was forced to make? Unfortunately the elder sons of Robert and Ethel Kennedy are loose cannons and his presence on the ‘campaign’ trail only builds support for President Biden.
But I could be wrong, so explain why RFK Jr. is the man of the moment who should be the next US President, assuming Trump is found innocent of indictments and wins the election.
Chappaqudick TED would be EMBARASSED by Criticism?
The ANTIVAKER has it Coming😅
sorry genius, but rfk jr has none of the qualities his father or uncle john had....and his charisma is less then what his uncle ted had ..which was near zero
JFK would be appalled at his lack of reason, the anti- science attitude and embrace of Q-Anon.
When ur a war hero but ur grandson honors you with goggles
Caroline is a nice humble smart lady,and her son is intelligent too!
Naahhhh
It is so wonderful to see this young man who looks so much & sounds so much like JFK. The U.S. has never been the same since November 1963.❤
That kid looks just like his father.
@@cestmoidaisylou Both look like male mammals. The similarity ends there.
I'd need to know who Caroline Kennedy is played by!
It's her. Really.
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Alcohol and cigarettes!
@@2468HOTROD genius, she is 65...age and genetics seems to put wrinkles on our faces...
Well I'm 75 and I don't have any wrinkles but I'm lucky I guess. And I love Caroline and her family.@@davediamond7228
I have been to Kennedy Island a few times. Just had to say it
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Moving story of a great hero, nudist,president,bravado unparalleled no other!
The movie is great but it need an accurate account. Im sure JFK knew his crew before landing on the island.
Los Kennedy son una mosca a mi lado en cuestiones políticas
Pitch black. Can you imagine?
I wonder what Kennedy would think of the Democratic Party today and liberals today. I think he would be shocked and disappointed.
I guess those shark-infested waters aren't so shark-infested.
Caroline is lovely
And very intelligent like both of her parents.
Yes she is. Beauty and brains. President Truman’s daughter Margaret had both too.
Both had/have high intellects and opinions worth considering. They understand history and America’s place in it.
After they removed 6" of wrinkled skin from her face I guess you might say that.
@@carolecampbell8813 when we are perfect we can make such remarks.
Family legacy
❤The collective heart and strength of greatness
Sharks and gators? Count me out.
KENNEDYS PLEASE GO AWAY...YOU HAVE NOT REPRESENTED THE NOBLE SIDE OF OUR COUNTRY!
Kennedy stood between the world and nuclear annihilation at a time in which the U.S. military would have launched missiles in October of 1962
Him I can’t stand!
Establishment puppets.
It's not the Host of CELEBRITY APPRENTICE..LOL 😮
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Why would anyone vote for biden?????
USA president
They are stupid for risking it in shark n gator territory
It’s good this creature doesn’t look like a Kennedy.
RFK24
I'm happy to vote for a Kennedy. Didn't have that chance when I was younger.
RFK, Jr, is nothing like either his father or JFK.
@@teresalegler2777 True, but he’s probably got a pretty good idea who was behind their assassinations. And he probably knows the sons and daughters of those assassins are still in Washington DC. RFK Jr. is a brave man.
@@teresalegler2777 His father and uncle are dead. Murdered. Why do you mock a man running for president to save our country? You really think that Donald Trump or Joe Biden make a better president? Really?
@@stevenuanna4747of course he knows, just like anyone with a brain cell knows... JFK jr knew, he swore to take down the evil cabal... 💥
JFK swimming the seas for his crew.... conald trump swimming the swamp with his crew
The grandson that smears his uncle RFK jr shows his real character...poor.
Opinion in AMERICA are now ILLEGAL or only an ANTIVAKER are Real?
WE ARE FAMILY 😅
RFK Jr is his second cousin
@thehapagirl92 Wait, wouldn't RFK JR be his first cousin 1 removed because you're taking away a generation?
Too bad there were no sharks in the water. Missed opportunity to enjoy a preppy brat lunch.
I have had it up to my eyeballs with this Kennedy family.
Then don’t watch ! Duh
People who knew them, while not perfect, appreciated that they stood for and how they put their all into helping the country, with hard word, in-depth analysis and tenacity. I haven't heard it or seen it in so long. I yearn for this again.
Has everyone suddenly forgotten about the smear video that her son put out on RFK JR?
I'll never forget his audacity for that video, I'm shocked his mom allowed him to do it... how dare he ?
She sure hasn’t aged well…
@@darcyhodges309She’s been through the mill... almost killed by a car bomb in London in 1975...she is beautiful and the old expression “She’s got what it takes” applies to Caroline. She’s got it.
@@OliverSimon-yr2ny Called freedom of speech and the press, including broadcast media.
Loved it. 😅
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