Kennedy Island & PT109

2022 ж. 23 Қыр.
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Todays History Adventure video will be focusing on PT-109 and President Kennedy, then Navy Lieutenant and his crew. On August 2, 1943, PT-109 was struck and cut in two by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri near the islands of Gizo and Kolombangara. After the sinking of PT-109 the surviving crew made their way to different islands to avoid Japanese troops. History Adventures will take you to Plum Pudding Island (now called Kennedy Island), Olasana Island and Naru Island. Walk around all these islands and take a look at what Kennedy and his crew would have seen. On August 8, 1943, the survivors of PT-109 were finally rescued. Walking on Plum Pudding, Olasana and Naru Islands is like walking into history. To think of what the crew of PT 109 endured, shark invested waters, Japanese troops, the heat and bugs, just makes the history more fascinating.
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  • My wife is from Munda, her g-uncle Biuku (Gasa) was one of the guys who helped rescue Kennedy. We have been to all those islands many times.

    @captmulch1@captmulch1 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. WOW, while we were there we were told of a family member of one of the rescuers that had a letter from Kennedy, does she have it? We visited Munda and Gizo while there also. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • @captmulch1, Pictures or video, or it did not happen, show proof, or shut up.

      @saminaneen@saminaneen Жыл бұрын
  • When I was a kid, I read the book. Totally unrelated but as a kid in 1965 heading to first grade my Mom went to comb my hair with a part on the side. I complained but she said "that was how President Kennedy parted his hair". Here I am 59 years later, did move the part a bit though. Still makes me smile.

    @patmaloney5707@patmaloney57075 ай бұрын
  • I was 8 years old and watched the early election returns in 1960 with my Dad. Saw the PT109 when it came out and was completely shattered at age 11 when JFK was murdered. I had never seen this island anywhere before, you did a great job putting this together. Can't believe how tiny it is. No hype, just well-researched facts and beautiful photography.

    @ronaldcross@ronaldcross Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • You and i are the same age. When i tell people what a kick in pants it was for our psyches, i point to 9/11.

      @your_royal_highness@your_royal_highness Жыл бұрын
    • Well then, you must know his daddy and union bosses BOUGHT the 1960 election. All democrats of today are Communist at heart.

      @johnaustin9051@johnaustin9051 Жыл бұрын
    • Ron Cross - Amen. I was 6 in 1960, but experienced much of the same with my own Dad. JFK meant a lot to me as a 10 year old boy, and still does today. I was heartbroken by his death, and still get that lump in the throat after a good documentary. His presidency was a time of hope and joy about being an American, for all of us, except the mob. I read PT 109 as a school boy. That's the night JFK injured his low-back. Still, he swam three miles dragging his severely burned shipmate, and then made a second swim that night to find a means of survival -- the coconuts -- on a neighboring island. Reading PT 109 is a profile in leadership, of how a young Navy lieutenant cared for his men in spite of his own injuries. By the way that engraved coconut husk sat in the Oval Office during his time there.

      @kwgm8578@kwgm8578 Жыл бұрын
    • @@kwgm8578 I will say this: there are some revisionists who point to the fact that JFK left his boat vulnerable by just sitting there and thus, he has blame in the deaths of two crew members. I recall that the argument had a bit of validity but in the fog of war many made mistakes there. Unquestionably what he did to save the remaining crew was worthy of whatever medal he received.

      @your_royal_highness@your_royal_highness Жыл бұрын
  • I am so happy that I came across your story. Powerful and a testimonial to the men of the 109 and the bravery of their Officers. I am now almost 70 and my 11th birthday party was a Saturday at the movies with 4 friends to see the movie with Cliff R doing a splendid performance of Young Lieutenant Kennedy. I think of JFK often, and wonder what might have been. His name is being honored as the second new Ford class Aircraft Carrier will be named after him. RIP MR. PRESIDENT.. you will be forever remembered as one of America’s brightest and inspiring leaders.

    @anthonyaceto1948@anthonyaceto1948 Жыл бұрын
    • President Kennedy was unfortunately killed before I was born. But as a warrior he was a rare breed, and true leader. I'm proud to say I served with men, and women like him. He wasn't necessarily a good husband, but a hell of a President.

      @jsp7410@jsp7410 Жыл бұрын
    • Ditto to that. This video is so col to actually see where they were back then. Beautiful waters.

      @billmerkle2677@billmerkle2677 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. It was pretty incredible to walk on those islands and get a better understanding of what happened. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • Profiles In Courage.

      @DavidSmith-xs3or@DavidSmith-xs3or Жыл бұрын
    • @@sjb3460 He sure wouldn't recognise the Republican Party now either!

      @muchmorecoffee@muchmorecoffee Жыл бұрын
  • Great video. Seeing the original locations really makes the history come alive.

    @joepalooka2145@joepalooka2145 Жыл бұрын
    • Joe Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • I wish you could have interviewed the island caretaker. That would have been an interesting interview. My dad was stationed at Guadal Canal with the Americal Division. Dad told me some very bad stories about what he had to do to stay alive. Great video btw.

    @jamesbass9797@jamesbass9797 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I made a few videos of the locations on Guadalcanal including areas the Army was fighting. I made the walk all the way up Galloping Horse and filmed all around that area. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • I grew up with ads for the museum at the Kennedy Library playing between afternoon cartoon shows on WLVI and WSBK. They never told the story in the ad, just briefly showed the black & white photos and the coconut. The memory that “President Kennedy saved the lives of eleven men with a coconut” stuck but there was never any detail. Thanks for filling in the bits that have been missing for all these years!

    @tinymetaltrees@tinymetaltrees Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Sir for that history lesson about the PT-109 and those islands.. May the crew of the PT-109 all Rest in Peace.

    @josemoreno3334@josemoreno3334 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • A million times thank you I’ve often wondered if the island was still there and your little tour really made me feel as if I had in fact stepped on the island. I truly wish we had another POTUS who could bring us all together and not one that would separate us.

    @FlightJockey2377@FlightJockey2377 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Hollywood should re tell this story for the new generations to see what a real POTUS was made of!

    @HopliteWarlord@HopliteWarlord Жыл бұрын
    • They did in 1963, although an updated movie would be nice.

      @simonrussell6884@simonrussell6884 Жыл бұрын
    • @@simonrussell6884 unfortunately the current generations has no clue as to what all our forefathers and foremothers endured. They are so unaware. I don’t think they can understand.

      @jbman413@jbman413 Жыл бұрын
    • Holywood doesnt tell any story that isnt mostly fiction. But you are pointing out the essence of it all: the mindless masses demand a holywood movie not factual documentaries.

      @servantofgod5642@servantofgod5642 Жыл бұрын
    • They hate this kind of movie.

      @stanlogan7504@stanlogan7504 Жыл бұрын
    • @@jbman413 It’s not just the current generation. Didn’t trump call the military “suckers and losers”?

      @davidcat1455@davidcat1455 Жыл бұрын
  • That was really a great story about PT 109. Yeah this is the first time I ever seen this video and I'm 67 years old. That is amazing how are American President Kennedy did all these wonderful things for his crew he was really a great man. Thank you for sharing that video with so that I could see it. And God bless

    @user-xb6ew8fr5u@user-xb6ew8fr5u8 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions8 ай бұрын
  • Thank you, Thank you. I did my first 50 mile hike and later a 50 mile bike ride at the encouragement of our President while a high school student. We were shattered while a junior in High School at his death. I'v been a student of President Kennedy ever since. All aspects of his life. My dad was in the Phillipines for the entire duration of the war 4 years. I served in the Army 1966-1973. I can't explain it, I wept while viewing your video. Kennedy was quite a guy. His actions were integral to his crews survival. Again thank you sir.

    @larrybarber5457@larrybarber5457 Жыл бұрын
  • More remarkable than I had thought! That must have been so arduous, daunting and desperate! I never realised the islands were so small and bereft of life's necessities. Such brave and resolute strong men, no wonder JFK seemed a man of steel, a leader, a man you'd trust. I wonder how today's youth would endure and survive this epic.

    @PowhiroMus@PowhiroMus Жыл бұрын
    • Ironic that in 2022 Putin was in the same position as Kennedy in 1962: determined that an opponent not have nuclear missiles virtually on his border. Fortunately for Kennedy--and us!--his opponent, Khrushchev, was capable of reason and negotiation. Putin was not so lucky.

      @hobnob4224@hobnob4224 Жыл бұрын
    • They would start to cry once they realized that the power bars on their cell phones were down to 2 bars😮😅

      @davidrodriguez-so8lq@davidrodriguez-so8lq11 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions11 ай бұрын
  • EVERY story like this of courage, bravery, and sheer guts brings tears to my eyes.

    @mcm95403@mcm95403 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • If they had a sober lookout they could have spotted this japanese destroyer comming from a long way away....They could have heard the turbine engines. P.T. Boats sit real low in the water and allmost impossible to spot. As a lookout myself...in the coast guard I realize that this was a coverup. Kennedy and his men were below decks passed out drunk. .

      @danielbrown3461@danielbrown3461 Жыл бұрын
  • As a Kid in the 1960's and My Dad was in the Navy in the 1950 to 1954 on the Ship USS NEW 818 DD. Gunners Mate on the 5 inch Aft. So When the Movie came out Dad Said we Have to See this Movie. Our Family Loved President Kennedy. We Loved the Movie and Later Mom and Dad Bought Me the Model of the Boat PT-109. And thank You for Showing where Everything was at and get to see what the Islands Really Looked like when Kennedy was there. I too am a History Buff. Now I am turning 70 this November. I was 10 Years old when Our Great President Kennedy was Murdered. It was a Very Sad day and Still is.

    @ranbree1960@ranbree1960 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Great video. PT 109 always amazed me.

    @WorldAccordingToBriggs@WorldAccordingToBriggs Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • I'm a new jerseyian and PT-109 was built in Bayonne which is not far from where I live

      @CrossOfBayonne@CrossOfBayonne8 ай бұрын
    • @@CrossOfBayonnep😊

      @JohnMccallum-pi9rx@JohnMccallum-pi9rx7 ай бұрын
  • Being a retired CPO , I THANK YOU for posting this History that was a inspiration in my life, as well as My Dad who served aboard the USS Finch DE-328 that was used in the movie "Enemy Below" he was a Gunnersmate and rolled those depth charges off that ship during WWII.There is alot of history here in Subic Bay Philippines that you might want to check out. A BIG SALUTE! to you, and your crew!!

    @BALOYBEACHBUM@BALOYBEACHBUM Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I went to Subic with the Army in 1985, spent a lot of time searching for history stuff and attended JEST. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • Retired CPO here as well. We spent a good amount of time passing through Subic on our way to and from Cubi Point. (P-3 Aircrew) Did go to Grande Island oncefor a little R&R. My only time underway on a NAVSURF was when I was embarked on a Boston Whaler out of Subic and down the coast, where I was dropped off with a Filippino Marine to spot for my crew's MINEX. The Filippino was armed and was there for my protection from leftist guerillas. Sort of felt like the PT 109 crew, hiding on the beach while scanning the water and skies. Fortunately, my experience was a lot less harrowing than theirs. The saga of PT 109 and the Kennedy mystique were huge back in the '60s, and I don't think there's anybody from back then that didn't know the story or not admire JFK. I have a JFK quote right here in my office. It was from a speech he gave shortly before his death that is to me a haunting self-epitaph. On 01 August 1963 at Bancroft Hall at the USNA, President Kennedy said, "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: I served in the United States Navy."

      @jimtownsend7899@jimtownsend7899 Жыл бұрын
    • Oh, and Chief Warner: The Enemy Below is one of my favorite movies! My thanks to your Dad and to all who served. I did ASW from the relative safety of the air. Those boys did it the hard way.

      @jimtownsend7899@jimtownsend7899 Жыл бұрын
    • @@jimtownsend7899 SALUTE!

      @BALOYBEACHBUM@BALOYBEACHBUM Жыл бұрын
    • @@jimtownsend7899 THANKS SHIPMATE!

      @BALOYBEACHBUM@BALOYBEACHBUM Жыл бұрын
  • Outstanding I really enjoyed it!!!! He was a great man and President.

    @tonycraig6984@tonycraig6984 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • This is a first-rate production of an inspiring story. President Kennedy was a selfless leader who went above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you for such an excellent retelling of his story.

    @fmarc5643@fmarc5643 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • PT 109 was not rammed in half. It was struck on the starboard rear engine room.

      @garybogdan5966@garybogdan5966 Жыл бұрын
    • He broke standing orders and got 2 of his crew killed and should have been court-martial but Roosevelt stopped it because Kennedy's dad was his buddy

      @chrislouden7329@chrislouden7329 Жыл бұрын
    • Kennedy broke standing orders and got 2 of his crew killed. Roosevelt stopped his court-martial because Kennedy's dad was his good friend. He was a murder, cheater and habitual lier

      @chrislouden7329@chrislouden7329 Жыл бұрын
  • Even as a Canadian lad growing up in the 50's, we were familiar with this story of heroism and courage. Kennedy's name took on an almost mythological quality and when he was struck down by the CIA, we mourned his death like he was one of our own. Thanks for telling us the true story of that amazing crew of the PT109.

    @Martin.Wilson@Martin.Wilson Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for this. It must have been surreal to actually step foot on those legendary islands! One of the first books I bought as a kid in the Scholastic Book Club at PS-154 was an illustrated book on the growing life of John F. Kennedy. The drawing/Illustration of Lt Kennedy pulling his injured crewman behind him with the lifejacket straps clenched in his teeth is forever ingrained in my memory.

    @yoohoo909@yoohoo909 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • The amount of WW2 debris still remaining on and around the Solomon islands is incredible. The fighting for Guadalcanal was intense. There are so many sunken ships the area is known as "Ironbottom sound". You can only imagine what the islanders would have thought about it all. Prior to that they had been subsistence living with close to stone-age technology.

    @alanjm1234@alanjm1234 Жыл бұрын
    • impressed and dismayed I imagine.

      @ricinro@ricinro Жыл бұрын
    • Funny I was watching a doc about the pacific war and wondered the same thing. WW2 forever changed the world for so many especially the islanders! Sad and impressive how they persevered

      @nicholasklangos9704@nicholasklangos970411 ай бұрын
  • USAF vet here, this is a great moment in American history to be proud of. I did my 5th-grade book report on PT-109 Excellent job putting it all together for us to see.

    @havitcold@havitcold Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • I would have Courts Martialed and found Kennedy guilty of every charge I could stack on him for what he did that led up to the loss of the 109... Then I would have pardoned him of all charges and gave him every medal in the book for what he did after the loss of the 109. Good Video. I've seen it before but I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. Outstanding Photography.

    @Imnotyourdoormat@Imnotyourdoormat Жыл бұрын
  • I also have this same feeling about history as you. This is on my bucket list - Pearl Harbor is first, and not for the visit to Hawaii for the palm trees and beauty, but for the history of WWII. I absolutely loved your video......

    @crystalr7602@crystalr7602 Жыл бұрын
    • Pearl Harbor is incredible I have been there many times, I also have a series of Pearl Harbor videos on my page. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series. Again thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • Bellows AFB if you can get on that one and check out the camp ground I recall from about 93, what an amazing view from under the palm trees.

      @jbman413@jbman413 Жыл бұрын
    • @@jbman413 John had the great opportunity to film there in 1999, was able to walk all around. Made a video titled “Pearl Harbor the Real Story” they sell the Blu-ray at the USS ARIZONA Memorial Bookstore or you can watch it on Amazon Prime

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • My favorite part of the Pearl Harbor experience was seeing the cemetary of the Pacific where many who died that day are buried. Really overwhelming.

      @IslandGirl-nt6ry@IslandGirl-nt6ry Жыл бұрын
  • My friend was giving me a ride away from Heli Expo 2017 in Dallas. We entered an area and a bizarre feeling came over me. "Look around," I said, "look where we are." It was Dealey Plaza. Thank you for covering this moment in history, and those waters are gorgeous.

    @cheddar2648@cheddar2648 Жыл бұрын
  • I can't imagine being severely burned and then having to live for days without pain meds, food, water and then having to get back in the water and move to another island. Those poor guys.

    @bretstanley8931@bretstanley893111 ай бұрын
  • Great video and history lesson on PT109/Kennedy Island. Beautiful drone footage of island.

    @kaybravo9235@kaybravo9235 Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent history lesson - great video & graphics!

    @LindaCollison@LindaCollison Жыл бұрын
  • You did a terrific job at telling this story! Makes me wonder how Kennedy was never awarded the CMH for keeping his crew alive & safe! Great job!👍🇺🇸

    @roywhitman7109@roywhitman7109 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for posting this. Being born in 1956, I grew up playing the Jimmy Dean? Song, P.T. 109 and it served as a reminder of this event. And it still does when I play it..

    @howardkoster4026@howardkoster4026 Жыл бұрын
  • Awesome video. Always been curious about this episode in history and this is the best explanation I've seen.

    @markseyfried@markseyfried5 ай бұрын
  • I’ve always loved history. When I was a young boy in the 1970’s I built a Revel model kit of PT-109 that has an electric motor… I still have it today displayed on a shelf in my garage. Great video 😎👍 thanks for sharing your travels!

    @archer721@archer721 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. My KZhead channel is all about history!! I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • Revell made great model kits in 60s and 70s, miss that hobby

      @michaelsix9684@michaelsix9684 Жыл бұрын
  • Outstanding vid! As a student of JFK's life and having served in the navy on USS John F. Kennedy CV-67.. I can't thank you enough for putting this out there!

    @ftgrat1@ftgrat1 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you for your service!

      @jdcamc@jdcamc Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for the breakdown of what the crew endured.

    @Albe3331@Albe33315 ай бұрын
  • Thank you! Incredible story that deserves a NEW film!

    @nikkimontgomery6889@nikkimontgomery6889 Жыл бұрын
  • This story is one of the first things I taught my daughter about history and how it touches the rest of our lives. Thank you for expanding on this for the rest of us who can't go and see for ourselves.

    @JamesThomas-gg6il@JamesThomas-gg6il Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Awesome video……I first watched the PT 109 movie when I was quite young. My father was a radioman in the navy but was attached to the first marines. He saw action in several battles in the Pacific and told me stories when I was a young boy. He was on invasion of Japan and was part of radio Tokyo that was established after the surrender. I so enjoyed seeing the actual islands here and wondered about the hardships of Kennedy crew had to face and what they went through. Kennedy was a great leader and a wonderful President. Cannot thank you enough for the history lesson and videos of islands. Just terrific.

    @dennisleahy4837@dennisleahy4837 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I am sure your fathers stories are incredible. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Great to see the places where history took place! Thanks.

    @haroldadelman1130@haroldadelman11305 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for posting such a great piece of history.

    @sparx550@sparx5505 ай бұрын
  • I appreciate you making the effort to go out to locations such as this! There's so much history in the Pacific, but the problem is accessibility, and many people with interest in the Pacific Theater of war are just unable to travel out there to see for themselves. Thank you for this video.

    @andrek1709@andrek1709 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. This year we will be going to Tarawa for the 80th Anniversary in November and a trip to Makin. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Short and sweet, yet full of detail not mentioned in other videos. Thanks for the new insight!

    @ivanskillian6730@ivanskillian6730 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions11 ай бұрын
  • Most excellent. Thank you. Joe

    @joeyanny8018@joeyanny8018 Жыл бұрын
  • That's really cool..Thanks for the great tour!

    @ChrisSumka@ChrisSumka5 ай бұрын
  • Excellent and accurate narration and beautiful visuals of the areas and islands of the shipwrecked PT 109 crew in 1943.

    @701CPD@701CPD Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • @@SFRProductions You're welcome. Very good (and accurate) job.

      @701CPD@701CPD Жыл бұрын
  • Awesome, thank you for your work. Like you, I love history, and this story has always been a favorite of mine, but you really brought it to life. I can't imagine the hardship. I remember when President Kennedy died in Texas, I was dumbfounded that such a man could be hunted down and taken out.

    @don.kowalski@don.kowalski Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing summary. Thnx much.

    @gotwalk@gotwalk Жыл бұрын
  • That was some great work sir thank you for sharing

    @dasteelerfan1@dasteelerfan1 Жыл бұрын
  • The narration along with the video made this the most informative video I've seen on the loss of PT-109 and the subsequent rescue of the survivors. The positioning of the camera to let viewers see from important vantage points really takes the view there, and given the undeveloped aspect of the islands, you stand where Kennedy and crew stood, and see what they saw. 👍👍

    @theHAL9000@theHAL9000 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. It was incredible walking around those islands that is for sure! I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • Kennedy and his crew were passed out down below. There is no way they could not have heard and seen this destroyer approaching. Because he was a Kennedy there was a congressional coverup. A sober and elert lookout man could have eaisily have warned the crew. The Destroyer afterall had noisy turbine engines.

      @danielbrown3461@danielbrown3461 Жыл бұрын
    • @@danielbrown3461 Stop playing video games and get out of your mother's basement. If PT109 was idling those three diesel engines would still mask the sound of the approaching ship. and the Japanese ship had no turbines, only oil fired boilers that you wouldn't hear at 100 yards. Especially at night, no radar on either, and the destroyer steaming at 40 knots. That was a true tragedy.

      @philipn5140@philipn5140 Жыл бұрын
  • Interesting I first heard about PT109 from my Father. I guess I may have seen the old movie on it as well. I just learned my Dad was almost exactly 5 years younger than JFK. My dad was called to active service in 43 (USMCR). He was attached to an aviation outfit as what he described as a company clerk he was in the Army then; he considered his service in the Pacific of no consequence in comparison to his peers. My Dad was a Army Capt. (jag) in the early 60’s with the Berlin Brigade (@60-65). His job there was to go back and forth thru Check Point Charlie, (he never forgot Berlin). JFK’s Berlin speech made a marked impression on my father. He left the words “ich ben ein Berliner” ringing in my ears in my youth... Just a little personal note. According to my Dad, Jack hurt his back originally with the 109 incident. (?)

    @jbman413@jbman413 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you so much for this informative video I really enjoyed learning more details about the PT109 history event.

    @claramullen@claramullen Жыл бұрын
  • Outstanding Thank you for this glimpse

    @LennyKaosium@LennyKaosium Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • I was surfing through the Solomon Islands in the mid 90s. I went to Kennedy Island and also met the local who paddled Kennedy to Guadalcanal in his canoe. He told me the entire story about the message Kennedy scratched into the coconut and that the US forces initially thought it was a trap. He still had the letter from Kennedy thanking him with the US presidential seal and signed by him. He wore a tee shirt saying “I rescued JFK” I have a picture taken with him at the time.

    @andrewferguson3535@andrewferguson3535 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I heard that a family member still has that letter and shows it to people that visit the island but during our time there they did not come out to the island. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • @@SFRProductions apparently the local who rescued JFK only passed away a few years ago. You’ve gained a follower 👍

      @andrewferguson3535@andrewferguson3535 Жыл бұрын
  • Being a Kennedy the story is always close to my heart!

    @douglaskennedy7836@douglaskennedy7836 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. When I was in the Solomon Islands Caroline was there for the Guadalcanal 80th events. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for the experience.

    @coreydarr8464@coreydarr8464 Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing...Thank you for putting this video up!

    @B1900pilot@B1900pilot Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • My dad was a navy corpsman on Florida island, near Tulagi , and said the PT crews always looked "Like a bunch of Pirates" with their long hair and beards.

    @godsowndrunk1118@godsowndrunk1118 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • @@SFRProductions Thanks, I will.

      @godsowndrunk1118@godsowndrunk1118 Жыл бұрын
    • My grandfather was one of those pirates. On the 282 and later on the 190. Men of steel. Wooden boats.

      @patrickshipley1033@patrickshipley1033 Жыл бұрын
    • @@patrickshipley1033 was just looking up both of those PT Boats. Incredible stories for sure!

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
    • @@patrickshipley1033 Nice to hear from ya...

      @godsowndrunk1118@godsowndrunk1118 Жыл бұрын
  • I wonder if the other two boats, felt like crap, for not going back to look for survivor's? I discovered that they were ordered not to go back. 10-4

    @stevemccoy8138@stevemccoy8138 Жыл бұрын
    • No doubt in my mind. Yet it was a hostile area....

      @jbman413@jbman413 Жыл бұрын
    • It was war.

      @joyceleadbetter2600@joyceleadbetter2600 Жыл бұрын
  • Really enjoyed the video and content. Thanks so much!

    @izregistered@izregistered6 ай бұрын
  • OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU! HISTORY RARELY TOLD. THE GREATEST GENERATION-THE GENERATION WE WILL NEVER FORGET>

    @KillerKev1961@KillerKev1961 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Well-done documentary. Thanks!

    @perrywidhalm114@perrywidhalm114 Жыл бұрын
  • THANK YOU! I was on a small island exactly like this one for 3 days off the coast of Boracay Philippines, I hired a boat to purposely take me to my chosen island that specifically had no tourists people or divers, by the 3rd morning I was praying that boatman would be there & remember where I was. Of course I had a big cooler (borrowed from the hotel) full of beer water sandwiches snacks & a cute young thing I picked up in town. IT WAS TRULY INVIGORATING! I highly recommend it.

    @stephenchristian5739@stephenchristian5739 Жыл бұрын
    • Heaven😅. What a fantasy.

      @freeagent8225@freeagent82256 ай бұрын
  • Hi, I watched the film PT109 when I was 10, that boat number stayed in my memories till now, even the shape of it, it was a stunning story to watch.

    @Tangaroa1dollarway@Tangaroa1dollarway Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you fir sharing.

    @LMays-cu2hp@LMays-cu2hp Жыл бұрын
  • This was great!! thank you!!

    @Navigatorbythestars@Navigatorbythestars11 ай бұрын
  • Thanks much for all the info and tying the scenes to the words I’ve read.

    @brandons9398@brandons9398 Жыл бұрын
  • This was fantastic thanks.

    @abundantYOUniverse@abundantYOUniverse Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent work.

    @phillipzx3754@phillipzx375411 ай бұрын
  • Great Video really enjoyed this. Great Job!

    @jeffk8247@jeffk82475 ай бұрын
  • Great work!!!

    @jameshicks914@jameshicks914 Жыл бұрын
  • Great vid. Thanks! What struck me was Kennedy's energy and leadership, and his concern for his men. Also that even when scratching on a coconut, he took care to write out the addressee ("Commander") in full. Thom's note is remarkable for the clear thinking it demonstrates. It keeps to the naval forms, with "To", "From". "Subject" and signature lines, establishes comms, and provides clear and actionable information for the rescue. These two officers were capable and -- especially considering the rather trying week they had experienced -- highly resilient.

    @wordsmithgmxch@wordsmithgmxch5 ай бұрын
  • Totally incredible ! Thank you very much

    @vaughnlinhassell9694@vaughnlinhassell969410 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions10 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic piece of history. Thank you.

    @michaelchappell902@michaelchappell902 Жыл бұрын
  • Yeah, This Was Really Cool! I Watched The Movie When I Was Five & Have Always Been Fascinated By The Story Of Their Rescue, Thank You.

    @thewatcher5271@thewatcher5271 Жыл бұрын
  • Good job! Thanks for posting.

    @alan30189@alan30189 Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for sharing. Quite a history

    @kimhorton6109@kimhorton61097 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for the indepth narration. Never knew the hardship to the extent you explained and showed.

    @pmccoy8924@pmccoy8924 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • This story has been part of my life for decades, and i am so glad you have paid homage to it in this fine video. all the best to you.

    @todd3205@todd3205 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Appreciate the video. Thank you.

    @LScofield1@LScofield1 Жыл бұрын
  • I enjoyed this episode very much.

    @MyBlueZed@MyBlueZed5 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for the history lesson. Well done.

    @THOMMGB@THOMMGB Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you sir for sharing your resources and talents with the world.

    @bradc5433@bradc5433 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you. Beautiful. Simple. Wonderful tribute.

    @StevieGPT@StevieGPT Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Thank You! Learned some new history bits about the 109. Very Good!

    @scottschaeffer8920@scottschaeffer8920 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Very well done thank you

    @glennpace9230@glennpace9230 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for doing ths segment. Really broguth home the situation that the survivors of PT 109 endured and were eventually rescued. Really well done!

    @davidfray1948@davidfray1948 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent job. Wish I could have been there with you.

    @mrb3135@mrb3135 Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing story and wonderful production. Thank you for posting.

    @hastyone9048@hastyone90489 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions8 ай бұрын
  • That's amazing. Thanks. Whatever may have been his shortfalls, Kennedy was a hero.

    @fload46d@fload46d Жыл бұрын
  • I remember reading about PT-109 in the mid-eighties when I was in grade school. It was a paperback book from the school library. What a story! Well done. Thanks for doing this!

    @davisms503@davisms503 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Great presentation that answered some questions I've had about PT-109.

    @mikereaves6911@mikereaves6911 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • I was 12 that day in Dallas. I watched most of this video through tears I didn't think I had. I knew the story but now I can put a face on it. Where would we get young men like those today if in need? I was privileged to grow up among men like these. My thanks for making this video. You did well.

    @myfavoritemartian1@myfavoritemartian1 Жыл бұрын
    • In 1985 I moved to the Dallas area. Back then Dallas was shamed by what happened. The only thing marking the whole assassination was a huge X on the spot where it happened. I saw many adults with tears in their eyes looking at that spot. Many I believed also witnessed it.

      @billk8817@billk88175 ай бұрын
  • Your video is of great interest to me. Thanks so much for posting this on KZhead!

    @davidholliday6904@davidholliday6904 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent video! Thank you for sharing this!

    @motorTranz@motorTranz Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing this.

    @LawrenceGilly@LawrenceGilly Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Incredible video. A huge thank you for sharing!

    @MikeyD22@MikeyD226 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions6 ай бұрын
    • @@SFRProductions Indeed, I have and they're all extremely well done. Your great work is greatly appreciated!

      @MikeyD22@MikeyD226 ай бұрын
  • Incredible act of survival. Thanks for making this video on such a historical event.

    @tsav6952@tsav6952 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating .

    @PhilipCockram@PhilipCockram Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent PT 109 Video!!! 🇺🇸

    @ANDYYANKEE@ANDYYANKEE Жыл бұрын
  • Great video! Thank you for making this!

    @eddiewalkerjr.8229@eddiewalkerjr.8229 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

      @SFRProductions@SFRProductions Жыл бұрын
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