Spring 1941, John F. Kennedy volunteered for the US Army, but was rejected because of the trauma in the back. [8] The US Navy accepted Kennedy in September of that year. After holding several positions commander in the Pacific war, Kennedy was promoted to the rank naval captain and assigned to command a high-speed patrol boats armed with torpedo (PT-109) [9] . August 2, 1943, while attending a night attack near the Solomon Islands, the destroyer Amagiri Japanese military puncture the Kennedy's PT-109, cut it in half and killing two people in crew [10] [11]. Kennedy was thrown across from the deck, traumatic injury in the back of his capital. Still, Kennedy still managed to help a teammate is injured, and guide the survivors swimming in the sea three miles long, to be an island. There, in the end they were rescued. In early 1945, John F. Kennedy was discharged honorably with all kinds of medals, just months before the Japanese surrender to the Allies.
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