No one has ever questioned his efforts after his PT Boat was sunk. He personally saved the life of at least one of his crewmen.
It’s very easy to denigrate JFK as a Liberal POS. But for me, bravery in the heat of conflict, is something I cannot question. The guy was an American, all-the -way
Bill Clinton, James Earl Carter, Barack Obama, LBJ ?
The jury is still out...
They all did the same thing, swam to shore, if JFK had managed to kill himself instead of the crew member he did kill, do you think no one would have towed their injured friend and boat mate?
I don't know where you get this "All-American" guy from, he was in many ways the anti-American that Reagan read him as, or else his election would not have meant the end of America.
Kennedy set out to destroy America, by replacing it's people and voters and culture.
When a human is as corrupt and depraved in every sense, as JFK was, it comes out in his actions.
You mention LBJ in that post, he was awarded even a higher medal than JFK, for “heroism”.
JFK was awarded the Navy equivalent of the Army’s “Soldier’s Medal”, while Lt. Commander LBJ was awarded a Silver Star.
"He led his men through waters dark,
Rocky reefs and hungry sharks.
He braved the enemy's bayonets,
A .38 hung around his neck..."
--from PT-109 by Jimmy Dean