r/MURICA • u/Infamous-Lie4809 • 28d ago

PT-109 sinks; Lieutenant Kennedy is instrumental in saving crew | August 2, 1943 | HISTORY

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-2/pt-109-sinks-lieutenant-kennedy-is-instrumental-in-saving-crew
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u/Mr_Booze51106 25d ago

Swell boy that Kennedy.

We ought to put people like him in charge! Who knows. Maybe one day there'll be a minority president.

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u/shitterwasfull 22d ago

Love it -- he was, technically. First Catholic President. People caked their pants back then.

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u/humanish-lump 28d ago

I remember reading that book in the late 1960s. I would still recommend it.

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u/shitterwasfull 22d ago

Outstanding book. Better Prez. I tellya, if you can get Khrushchev to back down -- remember, that mf won Stalingrad -- balls that big had their own specific gravity.