On a moonless night in the summer of 1943, a Japanese destroyer tore through a U.S. Navy patrol-torpedo boat guarding the waters around the Solomon Islands. The boat was PT-109, skippered by a young ...
On Nov. 16, Sunday, at 9 p.m. ET, MSNBC and National Geographic EXPLORER present “The Search for Kennedy’s PT 109,” the exclusive behind-the-scenes story of National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence ...
JFK’s heroic actions earned him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, as well as a Purple Heart. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s newly-confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), ...
Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic, the Bismarck and dozens of other lost ships, announced his latest find Wednesday: PT 109, John F. Kennedy's wartime boat, which a Japanese destroyer ...
John F. Kennedy’s encounter with a Japanese destroyer on this day in 1943 may be the most famous small-craft engagement in the annals of U.S. naval history. Somewhat later, when asked to recount how ...
Naval experts on Wednesday confirmed wreckage found recently in the South Pacific by noted undersea explorer Robert Ballard must be that of John F. Kennedy’s famed World War II torpedo boat PT 109.
Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic, the Bismarck, and dozens of other lost ships, on Wednesday announced his latest find: PT 109, John F. Kennedy’s wartime boat, which a Japanese destroyer ...
Andrew Jackson Kirksey, one of two Navy sailors killed in the sinking of PT Boat 109 during World War II, will be honored with a memorial ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m., at the Massachusetts ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Nels Louison of Deltona is planning a journey back in time to visit the patrol torpedo boat that he served on in the battles of the Mediterranean Sea in World War II. PT-309, affectionately known as ...
More than half a century after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the world remains endlessly fascinated by both the man and his presidency. But author William Doyle isn’t wading into the usual ...
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