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KENNEDY John Fitzgerald (1917 - 1963) L.A.S. « Jack Kennedy », Miami [30 m
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KENNEDY John Fitzgerald (1917 - 1963) L.A.S. "Jack Kennedy", Miami [May 30, 1944], to "Dear Mac", John E. MAGUIRE, at the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center, Melville, Rhode Island.
Center, Melville, Rhode Island| 2 pages in-4 headed Navy
Department. Submarine Chaser Training Center (binder perforations, folds a little tired), envelope| in English.
To his fellow soldier in Guadalcanal, recalling their adventure.
[Maguire was a radio operator alongside Lieutenant Kennedy on the torpedo patrol boat PT-109, which was sunk by a Japanese destroyer on the night of August 2, 1943, while on patrol in the Solomon Islands| two crew members were killed.
After the shipwreck, the surviving crew finally managed to swim to safety. Despite his badly injured back, Kennedy swam for four hours, towing an injured crew member by the strap of a lifejacket held between his teeth. After several days on two small islands, they were rescued. Kennedy then spent months in hospital and was never able to return to active service. The incident caught the attention of journalist John Hersey, who was covering the Guadalcanal campaign, and his Survival article, published in the New Yorker on June 17, 1944, first publicized the dramatic story of the PT-109 survivors' ordeal. It was followed in 1961 by a long book and a successful Warner feature film].
Kennedy sends Maguire photos for their friends whose addresses he has been unable to locate. He announces that their story will soon appear in The New Yorker-not in the comics section, he hopes, but you never know.... He'll soon be back in hospital, this time for an operation.
... "In regard to the story, I understand it is to come out in the New
Yorker in a couple of weeks - not I hope in the comic section, but you never can tell. [...] It looks as though I'm going to have to go back to the hospital, this time for an operation "...
Center, Melville, Rhode Island| 2 pages in-4 headed Navy
Department. Submarine Chaser Training Center (binder perforations, folds a little tired), envelope| in English.
To his fellow soldier in Guadalcanal, recalling their adventure.
[Maguire was a radio operator alongside Lieutenant Kennedy on the torpedo patrol boat PT-109, which was sunk by a Japanese destroyer on the night of August 2, 1943, while on patrol in the Solomon Islands| two crew members were killed.
After the shipwreck, the surviving crew finally managed to swim to safety. Despite his badly injured back, Kennedy swam for four hours, towing an injured crew member by the strap of a lifejacket held between his teeth. After several days on two small islands, they were rescued. Kennedy then spent months in hospital and was never able to return to active service. The incident caught the attention of journalist John Hersey, who was covering the Guadalcanal campaign, and his Survival article, published in the New Yorker on June 17, 1944, first publicized the dramatic story of the PT-109 survivors' ordeal. It was followed in 1961 by a long book and a successful Warner feature film].
Kennedy sends Maguire photos for their friends whose addresses he has been unable to locate. He announces that their story will soon appear in The New Yorker-not in the comics section, he hopes, but you never know.... He'll soon be back in hospital, this time for an operation.
... "In regard to the story, I understand it is to come out in the New
Yorker in a couple of weeks - not I hope in the comic section, but you never can tell. [...] It looks as though I'm going to have to go back to the hospital, this time for an operation "...