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The Resource PT 109 : an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy, William Doyle
PT 109 : an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy, William Doyle
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- Summary
- "In the early morning darkness of August 2, 1943, during a chaotic nighttime skirmish amid the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri barreled through thick fog and struck the U.S. Navy's motor torpedo boat PT 109, splitting the craft nearly in half and killing two American sailors instantly. The sea erupted in flames as the 109's skipper, John F. Kennedy, and the ten surviving crewmen under his command desperately clung to the sinking wreckage; 1,200 feet of ink-black, shark-infested water loomed beneath. 'All hands lost,' came the reports back to the Americans' base: no rescue was coming for the men of PT 109. Their desperate ordeal was just beginning--so too was one of the most remarkable tales of World War II, one whose astonishing afterlife would culminate two decades later in the White House. Drawing on original interviews with the last living links to the events, previously untapped Japanese wartime archives, and a wealth of archival documents from the Kennedy Library, including a lost first-hand account by JFK himself, bestselling author William Doyle has crafted a thrilling and definitive account of the sinking of PT 109 and its shipwrecked crew's heroics. Equally fascinating is the story's second act, in which Doyle explores in new detail how this extraordinary episode shaped Kennedy's character and fate, proving instrumental to achieving his presidential ambitions: 'Without PT 109, there never would have been a President John F. Kennedy,' declared JFK aide David Powers."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prologue: Samurai in the mist
- Give me a fast ship
- Summit meeting on Fifth Avenue
- Into the labyrinth
- The front line
- The raid
- The Battle of Blackett Strait
- Lost at sea
- Land of the dead
- The hand of fate
- The rescue
- Life and death at the Warrior River
- The winged chariot
- Mission to Tokyo
- The greatest actor of our time
- Isbn
- 9780062346582
- Label
- PT 109 : an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy
- Title
- PT 109
- Title remainder
- an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy
- Statement of responsibility
- William Doyle
- Subject
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- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Naval -- American
- PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
- 1939 - 1945
- Solomon Islands
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
- PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the early morning darkness of August 2, 1943, during a chaotic nighttime skirmish amid the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri barreled through thick fog and struck the U.S. Navy's motor torpedo boat PT 109, splitting the craft nearly in half and killing two American sailors instantly. The sea erupted in flames as the 109's skipper, John F. Kennedy, and the ten surviving crewmen under his command desperately clung to the sinking wreckage; 1,200 feet of ink-black, shark-infested water loomed beneath. 'All hands lost,' came the reports back to the Americans' base: no rescue was coming for the men of PT 109. Their desperate ordeal was just beginning--so too was one of the most remarkable tales of World War II, one whose astonishing afterlife would culminate two decades later in the White House. Drawing on original interviews with the last living links to the events, previously untapped Japanese wartime archives, and a wealth of archival documents from the Kennedy Library, including a lost first-hand account by JFK himself, bestselling author William Doyle has crafted a thrilling and definitive account of the sinking of PT 109 and its shipwrecked crew's heroics. Equally fascinating is the story's second act, in which Doyle explores in new detail how this extraordinary episode shaped Kennedy's character and fate, proving instrumental to achieving his presidential ambitions: 'Without PT 109, there never would have been a President John F. Kennedy,' declared JFK aide David Powers."--Book jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Doyle, William
- Dewey number
- 940.54/265931
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D774.P8
- LC item number
- D69 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, John F.
- PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
- PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Naval
- Solomon Islands
- Label
- PT 109 : an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy, William Doyle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Samurai in the mist -- Give me a fast ship -- Summit meeting on Fifth Avenue -- Into the labyrinth -- The front line -- The raid -- The Battle of Blackett Strait -- Lost at sea -- Land of the dead -- The hand of fate -- The rescue -- Life and death at the Warrior River -- The winged chariot -- Mission to Tokyo -- The greatest actor of our time
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062346582
- Lccn
- 2015021575
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)910622164
- 972776
- (OCoLC)ocn910622164
- Label
- PT 109 : an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy, William Doyle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Samurai in the mist -- Give me a fast ship -- Summit meeting on Fifth Avenue -- Into the labyrinth -- The front line -- The raid -- The Battle of Blackett Strait -- Lost at sea -- Land of the dead -- The hand of fate -- The rescue -- Life and death at the Warrior River -- The winged chariot -- Mission to Tokyo -- The greatest actor of our time
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062346582
- Lccn
- 2015021575
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)910622164
- 972776
- (OCoLC)ocn910622164
Subject
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Naval -- American
- PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
- 1939 - 1945
- Solomon Islands
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
- PT-109 (Torpedo boat)
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
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