To: RedMonqey
What's the scoop w/ PT109. I don't know much about it.
51 posted on
12/08/2003 11:29:03 AM PST by
jjm2111
To: jjm2111
I'm not positive, but I believe that Kennedy and crew were sitting idle in the ocean, perhaps catching a few ZZZzzzz's, and a Jap destroyer just happened to run them down and cut the PT boat in two. They didn't get rescued for about three days, IINM. Several crewmen were killed. Kennedy was genuinely heroic in managing the disaster after it happened, but the elephant in the room has always been he was the one in charge that managed to get run down by the destroyer.
65 posted on
12/08/2003 12:10:59 PM PST by
johnb838
(Mr Bush, build *us* a wall...)
To: jjm2111
Exactly on US surface vessel was lost in WWII due to ramming.
71 posted on
12/08/2003 12:28:02 PM PST by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does)
To: jjm2111
Read the post by johnb838. He sums my understanding of the PT109 accident. I have no condemnation of Kennedy himself. Accidents happen in war. He admitted later on in his life that his actions disn't deserve the medal.
My remarks are against Molly's ill-concieved comments..
Sorry I didn't reply sooner.
106 posted on
12/08/2003 2:23:45 PM PST by
RedMonqey
(Paris is as Paris does....)
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