Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's WWII military experiences during which he commanded a PT boat that sank after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer while on patrol in the South Pacific ...

Lieutenant Kennedy’s patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. The much larger vessel sliced Kennedy's boat in half, claiming the lives of two crew members instantly.

Two crew members were never seen again, but 11 who survived, all wearing life vests, managed to board what was left of PT-109. One had been badly burned and couldn’t swim. Lieutenant Kennedy ...

Earl “Buddy” Yates and Dennis FitzPatrick grew up nearly 40 years apart, but they are cut from the same Navy cloth and united ...

On a starless night in August 1943, a Japanese destroyer split Kennedy's PT-109 boat in half. The crew had been left for dead, but the future president felt it was his duty to get his men to ...

But for the most part PT 109 was horrendous ... "They'll do a good job for us" he says of his crew, "if we do one for them." The supporting players, a series of well-worn cliches; are all present ...