On this day in history, August 2, 1943, JFK saves PT-109 crew after collision with Japanese destroyer
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John F. Kennedy saved the crew of PT-109, the boat he commanded in the South Pacific in World War II, and rode those experiences on Aug. 2, 1943, all the way to the White House.
Kennedy towed one wounded man through the ocean with a belt clenched in his teeth. Kennedy was declared physically unfit for military duty but leveraged family connections to join the Navy. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
It exploded and sank in the early morning darkness.
Kennedy responded heroically. He swam miles across open ocean from one remote island to another to save his crew, and towed one wounded man through the sea with a belt clenched in his teeth.
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