[central_va]

Jack Kennedy was no genius. For example:

WWII, PT109 is out of fuel drifting towards a hostile shore in a lagoon full of nips with mortars and MG's ready to fire on the hapless boat as soon as the tide brings them within range. So what does our genius future president do? Well nothing. Any boot camp ensign would have thrown the anchor over the side and stopped the drift, but not our superhero future Presidential Heart throb in chief.

Incompetent, but lucky.

[aruanan]

WWII, PT109 is out of fuel drifting towards a hostile shore in a lagoon full of nips with mortars and MG's ready to fire on the hapless boat as soon as the tide brings them within range. So what does our genius future president do? Well nothing. Any boot camp ensign would have thrown the anchor over the side and stopped the drift, but not our superhero future Presidential Heart throb in chief.

1. They weren't in a lagoon but in Blackett Strait, a deep channel (1,200 ft). There was no lagoon anywhere near the location.
2. They weren't drifting out of fuel but idling on a single engine (out of 3) to avoid detection of their wake.
3. They were overrun by a destroyer returning to base at high speed.