August 2nd: Today in 1943 the Motor Torpedo Boat 109 commanded by a young John F. Kennedy was cut in half by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. Two of the crew died in the collision but the crew found their way to an uninhabited island and were found and rescued. Overall a pretty insignifigant incident in the middle of a huge war, but it helped build the legend around Kennedy that still lingers to the this day. I think I built three models of the PT-109 when I was a boy and I can still sing the Jimmy Dean song pretty much end to end.

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