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Doyle, William, 1957-
Subjects
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Career in the Navy.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Military leadership.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography.
Survival at sea -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography.
Torpedo-boats -- History.
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Doyle, William, 1957-
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Career in the Navy.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Military leadership.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography.
Survival at sea -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography.
Torpedo-boats -- History.
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PT
109
: an
American
epic
of
war
,
survival
, and the
destiny
of
John
F
.
Kennedy
/ William Doyle.
by
Doyle, William, 1957-
William Morrow, [2015]
Call #:
940.5426 K35d
Subjects
Kennedy
,
John
F
. (
John
Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Career in the Navy.
Kennedy
,
John
F
. (
John
Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Military leadership.
Kennedy
,
John
F
. (
John
Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations,
American
.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck
survival
-- Pacific Ocean -- Biography.
Survival
at sea -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography.
Torpedo-boats -- History.
ISBN:
9780062346582 (hc.)
006234658X (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Samurai in the mist -- Give me a fast ship -- Summit meeting on Fifth Avenue -- Into the labyrinth -- The front line -- The raid -- The Battle of Blackett Strait -- Lost at sea -- Land of the dead -- The hand of fate -- The rescue -- Life and death at the Warrior River -- The winged chariot -- Mission to Tokyo -- The greatest actor of our time.
Summary:
"In the early morning darkness of August 2, 1943, during a chaotic nighttime skirmish amid the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri barreled through thick fog and struck the U.S. Navy's motor torpedo boat
PT
109
, splitting the craft nearly in half and killing two
American
sailors instantly. The sea erupted in flames as the
109
's skipper,
John
F
.
Kennedy
, and the ten surviving crewmen under his command desperately clung to the sinking wreckage; 1,200 feet of ink-black, shark-infested water loomed beneath. 'All hands lost,' came the reports back to the Americans' base: no rescue was coming for the men of
PT
109
. Their desperate ordeal was just beginning--so too was one of the most remarkable tales of World
War
II, one whose astonishing afterlife would culminate two decades later in the White House. Drawing on original interviews, previously untapped Japanese wartime archives, and a wealth of archival documents from the
Kennedy
Library, including a lost first-hand account by JFK himself, William Doyle has crafted a thrilling and definitive account of the sinking of
PT
109
and its shipwrecked crew's heroics. Equally fascinating is the story's second act, in which Doyle explores in new detail how this extraordinary episode shaped
Kennedy
's character and fate, proving instrumental to achieving his presidential ambitions: 'Without
PT
109
, there never would have been a President
John
F
.
Kennedy
,' declared JFK aide David Powers"--Provided by publisher.
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