In the spring of 1941, Kennedy volunteered to join the army, but was rejected because of an injury to the back. [8] the U.s. Navy accepted Kennedy in September of that year. After holding several positions in the Pacific war, Kennedy was promoted to Lieutenant and was assigned to command a high speed ferry boats are equipped with torpedo (PT-109) [9].On August 2, 1943, while attending a night attack near the Solomon Islands, the destroyer Amagiri hit army riddled the PT-109 Kennedy's, cut it in two and killed two of the crew, [10] [11]. Kennedy was thrown across the deck, off the back injury which had caused injury. Despite this, Kennedy was still trying to help an injured teammate, and guide the survivors swam three miles long in the sea, to be a deserted island. In it, eventually they are rescued.In early 1945, John f. Kennedy was honorary discharged with the types of medals, just months before the Japanese surrendered to the allies.
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