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In 1943, U.S. Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands during World War Two. (On Aug. 2nd, 1943, PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, killing two crew members; Kennedy and ten others survived.) #JFK #WW2

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