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Before he was a Member of Congress
and before he was a US Senator, and long before he was a President; he
was a sailor who gave to our nation; as did millions of others during World
War II, honorable service while in uniform.
This collection is just a small selection of comments by a few former sailors about the tragic death of another sailor -- one who later became the President of the United States of America. It is made up of various Submariner memories; their thoughts and where they were -- on that day. It was a day that started out like any other in America. But before it was over a bright line would drop through all our lives. We could not know at the time that more than a President's murder had occurred. It was the beginning of a major course change far beyond our envisioning. Afterwards people would ask one another, "Where were you on that day?" On that day. That day in 1963. |
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John F. Kennedy and crewmen of the PT-109 Solomon Islands 1943 |
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PT Boat Officers Tulagi, Solomon Islands. circa 1943 (L-R) James ("Jim") Reed, John F. ("Jack") Kennedy, George ("Barney") Ross [rear], and Paul ("Red") Fay Photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. |
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Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific, 1943. Photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. |
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The source of Images, and
much of text, on this page is from the JFK
Library
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