All-New Stunning Bancroft PT-109 US Navy Torpedo Patrol Boat

President John F.Kennedy's patrol boat PT-109 was attacked | Valdecir Oliveira

Before he was Senator Kennedy or President Kennedy, JFK was Lieutenant Kennedy of PT-109 (PT = “Patrol Torpedo”) in the Pacific during WWII. On August 1, 1943 Kennedy’s boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Two of Kennedy's crewmen were killed immediately but Kennedy was able to keep the rest of his men safe behind enemy lines. The event made Kennedy famous and in 1946, at the urging of his father, Kennedy parlayed his hero status into a Massachusetts Congressional seat. This week’s

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, born May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, became one of the most recognized figures in American political history. Known widely as “JFK,” he carried a legacy that blended youth, charisma, and a vision for a new era in national leadership. After graduating from Harvard in 1940, Kennedy entered military service during the Second World War, where he commanded a patrol torpedo boat in the Pacific. His heroism in 1943, after PT-109 was struck and sunk, earned him both r