John F. Kennedy – Profiles in Courage
Posted in Inscribed on Nov 24th, 2008
“Politics is a jungle” —John F. Kennedy,
in his notes for Profiles in Courage
On an August night in 1943, Lieutenant John F. Kennedy’s patrol boat PT-109 was rammed by a Japanese destroyer and burst into flames. Badly wounded, Kennedy saved a fellow crewman in a rescue that earned him a Purple Heart and the Navy and [...]