John F. Kennedy and PT-109

by Richard Tregaskis

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of Guadalcanal Diary The thrilling true story of the future president's astonishing act of heroism during World War II. In the early morning hours of August 2, 1943, US Navy motor torpedo boat PT-109 patrolled the still, black waters of Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands. Suddenly, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri loomed out of the darkness, bearing directly down on the smaller ship. There was no time to get out of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394903994
• ISBN13: 9780394903996
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 8