Kennedy Island & PT109

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Todays History Adventure video will be focusing on PT-109 and President Kennedy, then Navy Lieutenant and his crew. On August 2, 1943, PT-109 was struck and cut in two by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri near the islands of Gizo and Kolombangara. After the sinking of PT-109 the surviving crew made their way to different islands to avoid Japanese troops. History Adventures will take you to Plum Pudding Island (now called Kennedy Island), Olasana Island and Naru Island. Walk around all these islands and take a look at what Kennedy and his crew would have seen. On August 8, 1943, the survivors of PT-109 were finally rescued. Walking on Plum Pudding, Olasana and Naru Islands is like walking into history. To think of what the crew of PT 109 endured, shark invested waters, Japanese troops, the heat and bugs, just makes the history more fascinating.
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@patmaloney5707 10 месяцев назад

When I was a kid, I read the book. Totally unrelated but as a kid in 1965 heading to first grade my Mom went to comb my hair with a part on the side. I complained but she said "that was how President Kennedy parted his hair". Here I am 59 years later, did move the part a bit though. Still makes me smile.

@ronaldcross Год назад

I was 8 years old and watched the early election returns in 1960 with my Dad. Saw the PT109 when it came out and was completely shattered at age 11 when JFK was murdered. I had never seen this island anywhere before, you did a great job putting this together. Can't believe how tiny it is. No hype, just well-researched facts and beautiful photography.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@your_royal_highness Год назад

You and i are the same age. When i tell people what a kick in pants it was for our psyches, i point to 9/11.

@johnaustin9051 Год назад

Well then, you must know his daddy and union bosses BOUGHT the 1960 election. All democrats of today are Communist at heart.

@kwgm8578 Год назад

Ron Cross - Amen. I was 6 in 1960, but experienced much of the same with my own Dad. JFK meant a lot to me as a 10 year old boy, and still does today. I was heartbroken by his death, and still get that lump in the throat after a good documentary. His presidency was a time of hope and joy about being an American, for all of us, except the mob. I read PT 109 as a school boy. That's the night JFK injured his low-back. Still, he swam three miles dragging his severely burned shipmate, and then made a second swim that night to find a means of survival -- the coconuts -- on a neighboring island. Reading PT 109 is a profile in leadership, of how a young Navy lieutenant cared for his men in spite of his own injuries. By the way that engraved coconut husk sat in the Oval Office during his time there.

@your_royal_highness Год назад

@@kwgm8578 I will say this: there are some revisionists who point to the fact that JFK left his boat vulnerable by just sitting there and thus, he has blame in the deaths of two crew members. I recall that the argument had a bit of validity but in the fog of war many made mistakes there. Unquestionably what he did to save the remaining crew was worthy of whatever medal he received.

@joepalooka2145 Год назад

Great video. Seeing the original locations really makes the history come alive.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Joe Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@captmulch1 Год назад

My wife is from Munda, her g-uncle Biuku (Gasa) was one of the guys who helped rescue Kennedy. We have been to all those islands many times.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. WOW, while we were there we were told of a family member of one of the rescuers that had a letter from Kennedy, does she have it? We visited Munda and Gizo while there also. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@saminaneen Год назад

@captmulch1, Pictures or video, or it did not happen, show proof, or shut up.

@jamesbass9797 Год назад

I wish you could have interviewed the island caretaker. That would have been an interesting interview. My dad was stationed at Guadal Canal with the Americal Division. Dad told me some very bad stories about what he had to do to stay alive. Great video btw.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I made a few videos of the locations on Guadalcanal including areas the Army was fighting. I made the walk all the way up Galloping Horse and filmed all around that area. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@larrybarber5457 Год назад

Thank you, Thank you. I did my first 50 mile hike and later a 50 mile bike ride at the encouragement of our President while a high school student. We were shattered while a junior in High School at his death. I'v been a student of President Kennedy ever since. All aspects of his life. My dad was in the Phillipines for the entire duration of the war 4 years. I served in the Army 1966-1973. I can't explain it, I wept while viewing your video. Kennedy was quite a guy. His actions were integral to his crews survival. Again thank you sir.

@RockyHoover Год назад

That was really a great story about PT 109. Yeah this is the first time I ever seen this video and I'm 67 years old. That is amazing how are American President Kennedy did all these wonderful things for his crew he was really a great man. Thank you for sharing that video with so that I could see it. And God bless

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@Lingchow1 3 месяца назад

It's all a lie.

@FlightJockey2377 Год назад

A million times thank you I’ve often wondered if the island was still there and your little tour really made me feel as if I had in fact stepped on the island. I truly wish we had another POTUS who could bring us all together and not one that would separate us.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@havitcold Год назад

USAF vet here, this is a great moment in American history to be proud of. I did my 5th-grade book report on PT-109 Excellent job putting it all together for us to see.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@BALOYBEACHBUM Год назад

Being a retired CPO , I THANK YOU for posting this History that was a inspiration in my life, as well as My Dad who served aboard the USS Finch DE-328 that was used in the movie "Enemy Below" he was a Gunnersmate and rolled those depth charges off that ship during WWII.There is alot of history here in Subic Bay Philippines that you might want to check out. A BIG SALUTE! to you, and your crew!!

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I went to Subic with the Army in 1985, spent a lot of time searching for history stuff and attended JEST. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@jimtownsend7899 Год назад

Retired CPO here as well. We spent a good amount of time passing through Subic on our way to and from Cubi Point. (P-3 Aircrew) Did go to Grande Island oncefor a little R&R. My only time underway on a NAVSURF was when I was embarked on a Boston Whaler out of Subic and down the coast, where I was dropped off with a Filippino Marine to spot for my crew's MINEX. The Filippino was armed and was there for my protection from leftist guerillas. Sort of felt like the PT 109 crew, hiding on the beach while scanning the water and skies. Fortunately, my experience was a lot less harrowing than theirs. The saga of PT 109 and the Kennedy mystique were huge back in the '60s, and I don't think there's anybody from back then that didn't know the story or not admire JFK. I have a JFK quote right here in my office. It was from a speech he gave shortly before his death that is to me a haunting self-epitaph. On 01 August 1963 at Bancroft Hall at the USNA, President Kennedy said, "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: I served in the United States Navy."

@jimtownsend7899 Год назад

Oh, and Chief Warner: The Enemy Below is one of my favorite movies! My thanks to your Dad and to all who served. I did ASW from the relative safety of the air. Those boys did it the hard way.

@BALOYBEACHBUM Год назад

@@jimtownsend7899 SALUTE!

@BALOYBEACHBUM Год назад

@@jimtownsend7899 THANKS SHIPMATE!

@mcm95403 Год назад

EVERY story like this of courage, bravery, and sheer guts brings tears to my eyes.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@danielbrown3461 Год назад

If they had a sober lookout they could have spotted this japanese destroyer comming from a long way away....They could have heard the turbine engines. P.T. Boats sit real low in the water and allmost impossible to spot. As a lookout myself...in the coast guard I realize that this was a coverup. Kennedy and his men were below decks passed out drunk. .

@PowhiroMus Год назад

More remarkable than I had thought! That must have been so arduous, daunting and desperate! I never realised the islands were so small and bereft of life's necessities. Such brave and resolute strong men, no wonder JFK seemed a man of steel, a leader, a man you'd trust. I wonder how today's youth would endure and survive this epic.

@hobnob4224 Год назад

Ironic that in 2022 Putin was in the same position as Kennedy in 1962: determined that an opponent not have nuclear missiles virtually on his border. Fortunately for Kennedy--and us!--his opponent, Khrushchev, was capable of reason and negotiation. Putin was not so lucky.

@davidrodriguez-so8lq Год назад

They would start to cry once they realized that the power bars on their cell phones were down to 2 bars😮😅

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@tinymetaltrees Год назад

I grew up with ads for the museum at the Kennedy Library playing between afternoon cartoon shows on WLVI and WSBK. They never told the story in the ad, just briefly showed the black & white photos and the coconut. The memory that “President Kennedy saved the lives of eleven men with a coconut” stuck but there was never any detail. Thanks for filling in the bits that have been missing for all these years!

@HopliteWarlord Год назад

Hollywood should re tell this story for the new generations to see what a real POTUS was made of!

@simonrussell6884 Год назад

They did in 1963, although an updated movie would be nice.

@jbman413 Год назад

@@simonrussell6884 unfortunately the current generations has no clue as to what all our forefathers and foremothers endured. They are so unaware. I don’t think they can understand.

@servantofgod5642 Год назад

Holywood doesnt tell any story that isnt mostly fiction. But you are pointing out the essence of it all: the mindless masses demand a holywood movie not factual documentaries.

@stanlogan7504 Год назад

They hate this kind of movie.

@davidcat1455 Год назад

@@jbman413 It’s not just the current generation. Didn’t trump call the military “suckers and losers”?

@yoohoo909 Год назад

Thank you for this. It must have been surreal to actually step foot on those legendary islands! One of the first books I bought as a kid in the Scholastic Book Club at PS-154 was an illustrated book on the growing life of John F. Kennedy. The drawing/Illustration of Lt Kennedy pulling his injured crewman behind him with the lifejacket straps clenched in his teeth is forever ingrained in my memory.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@JamesThomas-gg6il Год назад

This story is one of the first things I taught my daughter about history and how it touches the rest of our lives. Thank you for expanding on this for the rest of us who can't go and see for ourselves.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@dennisleahy4837 Год назад

Awesome video……I first watched the PT 109 movie when I was quite young. My father was a radioman in the navy but was attached to the first marines. He saw action in several battles in the Pacific and told me stories when I was a young boy. He was on invasion of Japan and was part of radio Tokyo that was established after the surrender. I so enjoyed seeing the actual islands here and wondered about the hardships of Kennedy crew had to face and what they went through. Kennedy was a great leader and a wonderful President. Cannot thank you enough for the history lesson and videos of islands. Just terrific.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I am sure your fathers stories are incredible. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@fmarc5643 Год назад

This is a first-rate production of an inspiring story. President Kennedy was a selfless leader who went above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you for such an excellent retelling of his story.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@garybogdan5966 Год назад

PT 109 was not rammed in half. It was struck on the starboard rear engine room.

@chrislouden7329 Год назад

He broke standing orders and got 2 of his crew killed and should have been court-martial but Roosevelt stopped it because Kennedy's dad was his buddy

@chrislouden7329 Год назад

Kennedy broke standing orders and got 2 of his crew killed. Roosevelt stopped his court-martial because Kennedy's dad was his good friend. He was a murder, cheater and habitual lier

@cheddar2648 Год назад

My friend was giving me a ride away from Heli Expo 2017 in Dallas. We entered an area and a bizarre feeling came over me. "Look around," I said, "look where we are." It was Dealey Plaza. Thank you for covering this moment in history, and those waters are gorgeous.

@andrek1709 Год назад

I appreciate you making the effort to go out to locations such as this! There's so much history in the Pacific, but the problem is accessibility, and many people with interest in the Pacific Theater of war are just unable to travel out there to see for themselves. Thank you for this video.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. This year we will be going to Tarawa for the 80th Anniversary in November and a trip to Makin. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@myfavoritemartian1 Год назад

I was 12 that day in Dallas. I watched most of this video through tears I didn't think I had. I knew the story but now I can put a face on it. Where would we get young men like those today if in need? I was privileged to grow up among men like these. My thanks for making this video. You did well.

@billk8817 9 месяцев назад

In 1985 I moved to the Dallas area. Back then Dallas was shamed by what happened. The only thing marking the whole assassination was a huge X on the spot where it happened. I saw many adults with tears in their eyes looking at that spot. Many I believed also witnessed it.

@ftgrat1 Год назад

Outstanding vid! As a student of JFK's life and having served in the navy on USS John F. Kennedy CV-67.. I can't thank you enough for putting this out there!

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@jdcamc Год назад

Thank you for your service!

@davidfowlerbyllloololvvfci5869 11 месяцев назад

Way to go dude!!!! I’m 66 years old and this is the best and most informative video I’ve seen about the islands and the struggles of all the men on PT 109 not just Kennedy. But as a young ensign, Kennedy was already showing his leadership qualities by keeping himself and his men alive until they could be rescued. Thank you for giving me such a vivid look at the islands, they survived, thank you so much!!

@SFRProductions 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@ivanskillian6730 Год назад

Short and sweet, yet full of detail not mentioned in other videos. Thanks for the new insight!

@SFRProductions Год назад

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@ranbree1960 Год назад

As a Kid in the 1960's and My Dad was in the Navy in the 1950 to 1954 on the Ship USS NEW 818 DD. Gunners Mate on the 5 inch Aft. So When the Movie came out Dad Said we Have to See this Movie. Our Family Loved President Kennedy. We Loved the Movie and Later Mom and Dad Bought Me the Model of the Boat PT-109. And thank You for Showing where Everything was at and get to see what the Islands Really Looked like when Kennedy was there. I too am a History Buff. Now I am turning 70 this November. I was 10 Years old when Our Great President Kennedy was Murdered. It was a Very Sad day and Still is.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

@kaybravo9235 2 года назад

Great video and history lesson on PT109/Kennedy Island. Beautiful drone footage of island.

@roywhitman7109 Год назад

You did a terrific job at telling this story! Makes me wonder how Kennedy was never awarded the CMH for keeping his crew alive & safe! Great job!👍🇺🇸

@tonycraig6984 Год назад

Outstanding I really enjoyed it!!!! He was a great man and President.

@SFRProductions Год назад

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@kirkfelmar2944 Год назад

Thank you! I read PT 109 about 20 years ago. Amazing story of courage and leadership. Thanks again.

@SFRProductions Год назад

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@alanjm1234 Год назад

The amount of WW2 debris still remaining on and around the Solomon islands is incredible. The fighting for Guadalcanal was intense. There are so many sunken ships the area is known as "Ironbottom sound". You can only imagine what the islanders would have thought about it all. Prior to that they had been subsistence living with close to stone-age technology.

@ricinro Год назад

impressed and dismayed I imagine.

@nicholasklangos9704 Год назад

Funny I was watching a doc about the pacific war and wondered the same thing. WW2 forever changed the world for so many especially the islanders! Sad and impressive how they persevered

@leeirvin5983 Год назад

Thank you for this visual. I had read the PT109 book when I was in high school. The bravery of these men and their pursuit of survival not only for theselves but for their fellow man is truly inspirational.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@701CPD Год назад

Excellent and accurate narration and beautiful visuals of the areas and islands of the shipwrecked PT 109 crew in 1943.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@701CPD Год назад

@@SFRProductions You're welcome. Very good (and accurate) job.

@tcook6759 Год назад

I think it was Jonny Horton that sang a song about the 109. Loved it when I was a kid.

@iandibley8032 9 месяцев назад

Great content, Kennedy and his generation were the strongest & toughest to walk on the planet. We ow this generation so much.

@SFRProductions 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@wordsmithgmxch 10 месяцев назад

Great vid. Thanks! What struck me was Kennedy's energy and leadership, and his concern for his men. Also that even when scratching on a coconut, he took care to write out the addressee ("Commander") in full. Thom's note is remarkable for the clear thinking it demonstrates. It keeps to the naval forms, with "To", "From". "Subject" and signature lines, establishes comms, and provides clear and actionable information for the rescue. These two officers were capable and -- especially considering the rather trying week they had experienced -- highly resilient.

@stephenchristian5739 Год назад

THANK YOU! I was on a small island exactly like this one for 3 days off the coast of Boracay Philippines, I hired a boat to purposely take me to my chosen island that specifically had no tourists people or divers, by the 3rd morning I was praying that boatman would be there & remember where I was. Of course I had a big cooler (borrowed from the hotel) full of beer water sandwiches snacks & a cute young thing I picked up in town. IT WAS TRULY INVIGORATING! I highly recommend it.

@freeagent8225 10 месяцев назад

Heaven😅. What a fantasy.

@thewatcher5271 Год назад

Yeah, This Was Really Cool! I Watched The Movie When I Was Five & Have Always Been Fascinated By The Story Of Their Rescue, Thank You.

@andrewferguson3535 Год назад

I was surfing through the Solomon Islands in the mid 90s. I went to Kennedy Island and also met the local who paddled Kennedy to Guadalcanal in his canoe. He told me the entire story about the message Kennedy scratched into the coconut and that the US forces initially thought it was a trap. He still had the letter from Kennedy thanking him with the US presidential seal and signed by him. He wore a tee shirt saying “I rescued JFK” I have a picture taken with him at the time.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I heard that a family member still has that letter and shows it to people that visit the island but during our time there they did not come out to the island. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@andrewferguson3535 Год назад

@@SFRProductions apparently the local who rescued JFK only passed away a few years ago. You’ve gained a follower 👍

@Tangaroa1dollarway Год назад

Hi, I watched the film PT109 when I was 10, that boat number stayed in my memories till now, even the shape of it, it was a stunning story to watch.

@douglaskennedy7836 Год назад

Being a Kennedy the story is always close to my heart!

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. When I was in the Solomon Islands Caroline was there for the Guadalcanal 80th events. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@todd3205 Год назад

This story has been part of my life for decades, and i am so glad you have paid homage to it in this fine video. all the best to you.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@godsowndrunk1118 Год назад

My dad was a navy corpsman on Florida island, near Tulagi , and said the PT crews always looked "Like a bunch of Pirates" with their long hair and beards.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@godsowndrunk1118 Год назад

@@SFRProductions Thanks, I will.

@patrickshipley1033 Год назад

My grandfather was one of those pirates. On the 282 and later on the 190. Men of steel. Wooden boats.

@SFRProductions Год назад

@@patrickshipley1033 was just looking up both of those PT Boats. Incredible stories for sure!

@godsowndrunk1118 Год назад

@@patrickshipley1033 Nice to hear from ya...

@bretstanley8931 Год назад

I can't imagine being severely burned and then having to live for days without pain meds, food, water and then having to get back in the water and move to another island. Those poor guys.

@johnfalkenstine8377 Год назад

A great short presentation. I was born in 1949. My Dad landed in France in 1944 and stayed overseas. When Kennedy was shot he sat by the radio and cried.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I jump with the Liberty Jump Team from a WWII C-47 for the June 6th Normandy Anniversary events, I will be putting together videos from France in the next year or so. What was you fathers unit and locations in France? I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@Albe3331 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the breakdown of what the crew endured.

@stevemccoy8138 Год назад

I wonder if the other two boats, felt like crap, for not going back to look for survivor's? I discovered that they were ordered not to go back. 10-4

@jbman413 Год назад

No doubt in my mind. Yet it was a hostile area....

@joyceleadbetter2600 Год назад

It was war.

@StevieGPT Год назад

Thank you. Beautiful. Simple. Wonderful tribute.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

@markseyfried 10 месяцев назад

Awesome video. Always been curious about this episode in history and this is the best explanation I've seen.

@hastyone9048 Год назад

Amazing story and wonderful production. Thank you for posting.

@SFRProductions Год назад

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@Kjdjrh Год назад

Thank you sir. I still watch the movie every year. My father was lightsignalman USN WW 2 Pacific and one of the builders of BB 62 Battleship New Jersey at Philadelphia Navy Yard before going to Marshall Islands. My Uncle was a Pearl Harbor survivor on USS Phoenix. ⚓️

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I am sure your father had some stories. I have a few videos on my page of Pearl Harbor. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@brandons9398 Год назад

Thanks much for all the info and tying the scenes to the words I’ve read.

@stewarthill5878 Год назад

Great history info. Thanks for sharing this of a great man and President of our Country.

@nikkimontgomery6889 Год назад

Thank you! Incredible story that deserves a NEW film!

@davisms503 Год назад

I remember reading about PT-109 in the mid-eighties when I was in grade school. It was a paperback book from the school library. What a story! Well done. Thanks for doing this!

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@michaelmccotter4293 Год назад

Really great presentation! Thanks for sharing. Anchorage, Alaska

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@danceskatehorse Год назад

My Dad was a Guadalcanal Campaign Purple Heart Marine…thank you for sharing this piece of history. When JFK was campaigning for the presidency, my Dad met him in Edison, NJ, as his motorcade was passing our house. JFK’s car stopped and the president- to- be shook my Dad’s hand after sharing a quick conversation about their war years! My memory to cherish!

@SFRProductions Год назад

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@danceskatehorse Год назад

I plan on watching as many as I can! Currently, I am working on putting together his photos, newspaper articles, etc. I want to write his story. Thank you for your excellent, informative videos!

@cliffordhood5995 Год назад

I have read the story as published over the years. This is so much more added to the written narrative. It really fills the story out.

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@royalrea2507 Год назад

I went to all 3 islands in 2013 for my sisters wedding. It was beautifull.

@haroldadelman1130 10 месяцев назад

Great to see the places where history took place! Thanks.

@JustOne-qe7jl Год назад

Thank you for sharing. All of the men involved in this bit of history were made of true grit. Photography of the islands was just beautiful.

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@buzzml8123 Год назад

Well done, sir. I’ve always wanted to see these islands, and you have done it splendidly.

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@MyBlueZed 10 месяцев назад

I enjoyed this episode very much.

@georgemallory797 Год назад

This was excellent. Actually SEEING where this took place was extraordinary.

@SFRProductions Год назад

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. It was incredible to walk on those islands. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

@billy3424 Год назад

Thank You !! My Dad was on the USS Albany (Heavy Cruiser), and visited the Islands just before the PT 109 mishap.

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@mrb3135 Год назад

Excellent job. Wish I could have been there with you.

@scottpeters705 Год назад

I too am a huge history buff and completely enjoyed this video.

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Scott Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. My entire RU-vid page is nothing but history! I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

@danielbrown3461 Год назад

Unfortunately it is false. Kennedy and his crew were passed out drunk below decks. There is absolutely no way they could not have heard and seen this Destroyer with its turbine engines approaching. Not if they had an alert lookout. Another Chapaquidik like coverup for a skipper who got away with murder.

@scottpeters705 Год назад

@@danielbrown3461 You really believe that????

@geoffballe8766 Год назад

Thanking you for sharing this much forgotten piece of history

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@vaughnlinhassell9694 Год назад

Totally incredible ! Thank you very much

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@mnurse5252 Год назад

Excellently done! Thank you! I read anything Kennedy I can find. This is the best illustration I’ve seen or read of this incident.

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@KillerKev1961 Год назад

OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU! HISTORY RARELY TOLD. THE GREATEST GENERATION-THE GENERATION WE WILL NEVER FORGET>

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@sparx550 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting such a great piece of history.

@James-kk8dw Год назад

Fantastic video. Thank you.

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@robertharle6377 Год назад

I had the pleasure of visiting Kennedy Island a few years ago.

@avmenlo Год назад

As so many I've been fascinated by the Kennedy PT 109 story since I was a kid. You put this video together very nicely indeed!

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@danielbrown3461 Год назад

Kennedy and his men were passed out drunk below....There was a coverup. Absolutly no way they could not have heard that Japanese Destroyer coming because it had turbine engines. Any half way competent lookout could have warned the crew.

@tripodcatz5532 Год назад

As with so many veterans injured in combat, Kennedy would never fully recover from the back injuries he sustained during the sinking of PT109. He experienced ongoing (and sometimes debilitating) pain for the rest of his life afterwards.

@fernandourbina204 Год назад

Thank you so very much for providing live images of the location where an episode in the life of the courageous & gallant man our true American President John F. Kennedy took place. Being only 13 years old when he was assassinated and living in Lima, Peru where I remember observing in the Port of Callao large tonnage of sacks containing oats, wheat and other staples sent by President Kennedy for the poor in Latin America. Each sack stamped: "Gift of the People of the United States of America". On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy death I wrote a new epitaph for him: "FED THE POOR--DEFENDED HIS COUNTRY".

@pmccoy8924 Год назад

Thank you for the indepth narration. Never knew the hardship to the extent you explained and showed.

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@claramullen Год назад

Thank you so much for this informative video I really enjoyed learning more details about the PT109 history event.

@FacesoftheForgotten Год назад

Outstanding, very nice production. Fantastic work with the drone; spectacular imaging. An experience of a lifetime.

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@SteveRogers-u9n Год назад

Excellent history lesson - great video & graphics!

@davidholliday6904 Год назад

Your video is of great interest to me. Thanks so much for posting this on RU-vid!

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@williamkiely9523 Год назад

This was a great video to watch. Choice of music was brilliant. What an ordeal for those men.

@Feathermason 10 месяцев назад

WONDERFUL!!!! TY from Denmark!

@phillipzx3754 Год назад

Excellent work.

@rufusmclean9770 Год назад

that generation gave my generation a time of prosperity and relative peace. I am deeply grateful to all who served,

@B1900pilot Год назад

Amazing...Thank you for putting this video up!

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@joeyanny8018 Год назад

Most excellent. Thank you. Joe

@davidfray1948 Год назад

Thank you for doing ths segment. Really broguth home the situation that the survivors of PT 109 endured and were eventually rescued. Really well done!

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Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

@olentangy74 Год назад

What a great presentation!! Well told, and your photography really made it come alive. Thank for telling a piece of history so well!

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@ChrisSumka 9 месяцев назад

That's really cool..Thanks for the great tour!

@derrickharvey295 Год назад

My wife and I lived in Gizo for a year or more and we often visited the islands you show in your video. the waters are so calm and clear now, but not back then when all sorts of challenges faced those men. I have visited and explored the ruins at Rendova and actuall was able to buy a few trinkets, dug out of the ground by locals, 50 cal shells and old coke bottles.......some of the basic infrastructure was there as well. Unfortunately many cyclones have destroyed what was there and today all you have are a few chunks of cement and the odd bit of steel. What a horrible time for those men and all of the men on both sides who gave their lives. fascinating part of the world.

@SFRProductions Год назад

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@tsav6952 Год назад

Incredible act of survival. Thanks for making this video on such a historical event.

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@johnm1123581321 Год назад

What an excellent video. Very professionally made. Good picture, music and info. It was well made. This is the first time I've seen actually pictures and video of the actual island. Amazing how some little fly speck island holds so much important history. Man I wish I could time travel!

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@ernietheattorneycom Год назад

Job well done Sir! Absolutely fantastic. Thank you

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@dasteelerfan1 Год назад

That was some great work sir thank you for sharing

@davidspurlock3836 Год назад

Thank you for making this video.

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@andrewmacdonald8076 10 месяцев назад

Great vid, thanks. I saw the movie as a kid. My dad was in the pacific in the new zealand merchant navy so this story was interesting for us. 🥝🇳🇿😊

@rayjames1493 9 месяцев назад

Now this is the way I'd like to learn about history. Fantastic...

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@motorTranz Год назад

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing this!

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