FALL RIVER — Not everyone knows that former president John F. Kennedy commanded not one but two PT boats during World War II. It’s widely known that he was badly injured and personally saved a crew ...
PT 305, The National World War II Museum's 1943 patrol-torpedo boat, 2 PT 305, The National World War II Museum's 1943 patrol-torpedo boat, 2 (Photo by Doug MacCash / NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) It ...
There may be an important part of World War II history at the bottom of the Harlem River. William Doyle, author of the John F. Kennedy biography “PT 109” (William Morrow), believes with “99.99 percent ...
CATHLAMET — A piece of history — a World War II patrol torpedo boat — drew people from all over the Northwest to Cathlamet's Bald Eagle Festival and Wooden Boat Show this weekend. "My dad is a World ...
The Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire (left) and Australia (right), with a U.S. heavy cruiser, photographed through a ring gun sight aboard the cruiser Phoenix, off Leyte on Oct. 21, 1944. (Navy ...
For decades, countless motorists and boaters have passed North Cove, a small recess along the Manhattan side of the Harlem River, unaware that a piece of presidential history may well have been ...
View of the PT-59 boat in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Photo by Photoquest / Getty Images An oft-overlooked vessel linked to one of the United States’ most famous presidents has resurfaced ...