It was the PT-109. In fact, [at WFAA studio] Julie Benell, they interrupted her cooking show and she was cooking a Hormel Cure Eighty-one ham. We will go tell Captain Fritz.. I think it was Sergeant Hill who was talking to the dispatcher and we gave him the names.The dispatcher advised us then that we were to bring this suspect directly to Captain Fritzs office, that he was a prime suspect in the assassination of President Kennedy and the wounding of Gov. Kennedy made a pivotal decision by ordering the U.S. Navy to create a blockade around the Caribbean Island of Cuba. From a medical standpoint, I suppose he was still alive in that he did still have a heartbeat. The cops are beating him up because he killed the president. So, they were demanding of Will Fritz and the other detectives and Chief Curry that they produce Oswald. There was a large amount of blood in the lower abdominal area. It will remove the [incentive] to mob action. On June 11, Kennedy made the decision to give a televised evening speech announcing his civil rights bill proposal. The Amagiri, a 2,000-ton ship four times longer than the 109, emerged out of the black night on the starboard side, about 300 yards away and bearing down. He said, I didnt shoot anybody. But I also told him, I said, Well, Lee, you strike me as a pretty intelligent individual. I said, You know, of course, that we can take the bullets in the officer and use the pistol that you had on you at the time you were arrested and run ballistics on them and prove that the bullets that killed the officer came from your pistol, dont you? He said, Yeah, I know that, but youll just have to do it. I dont know what was going on inside of him, but he struck me as a very calm individual, and he answered my questions very clearly and everything. Every time I ran for office after the war, we made a million copies of [the Readers Digest] article to throw around, he told Robert Donovan, author of PT-109: John F. Kennedy in World War II. But in his last months in combat, he appeared to be a troubled young man trying to make peace with what happened that dark night in the Solomons. I think it was the guilt of losing his two crewmen, the guilt of losing his boat, and of not being able to sink a Japanese destroyer, Cluster said later. Kennedy discovered along with the provisions a letter from the coast watcher commander of the New Zealand camp. Everything he did up until he was in the water was the wrong thing.. Detective Leavelle: I made a statement to him, in jest really, when I was getting him ready to transfer him downI said, Lee, I hope if anybody shoots at you, theyre as good a shot as you are, meaning, of course, that itd hit him and not me. I noticed that Lee Oswald was not among these boys. Although only a handful were invited to attend PT training school in Melville, Rhode Island, Kennedy was among them. Hersey was pleasedit was his first piece for the heralded magazinebut it left Joe Kennedy in a black mood. And I heard a noise from my right rear, which to me seemed to be a firecracker. Thats that hotshot down there in Dallas saying hes dead. Seven times in the next two weeks, 109 left its base on Lumbari Island, a spit of land in the Rendova harbor, to patrol. Captain Alan Goodrich Kirk, head of the Office of Naval Intelligence, had been the naval attach in London before the war when Joe Kennedy had served as ambassador to the Court of St. Jamess. Mrs. Johnson went back to be with her. Gayle Newman: As the car came closeras it got directly in front of us, the third shot rang out and the side of his head was hit, and you saw bits of red flashing up and then some white matter come out of his head, and Mrs. Kennedy screamed, Oh my God, no! Although his gas tanks were not even half full, Kennedy roared out to rescue more than 50 Marines trapped on a damaged landing craft that was taking on water. I run the Carousel Club down the block. And he hands me a card. By the time Kennedy launched his political career in 1946, he clearly recognized the PR value of the PT-109 story. Ensign Ross was on the bow as a lookout. And I said, This way. And I ran diagonally across to the northwest corner of the building. I said, Is the White House doctor there? And I got him on the phoneI said, The only thing is, weve got to have some doctor testify that a gunshot wound caused his death. And he said: Well, were going to take him to Bethesda. OSWALD MISSING FROM DEPOSITORY 1:03 P.M. Lo against stiffening enemy resistance. Ensign Kennedy emerged from his sickbed ferociously determined to see action. I returned to the 17th floor and remained with Mrs. Kennedy until we departed the hospital. Or two seconds, something like that. The PT boats were the US Navys concept for quick attacks and for close in shore support. TO PERPETUATE THE FRIENDSHIPS WE CHERISH; TO KEEP ALIVE THE SPIRIT THAT NEVER KNEW DEFEAT; TO GLORIFY OUR DEAD, AND TO FURTHER KEEP BEFORE OUR COUNTRY, THE RECORD OF THE 29TH DIVISION IN ALL THE WARS; WE ASSOCIATE OURSELVES IN AN ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE 29TH DIVISION ASSOCIATION, THE STONEWALL BRIGADE MUSEUM (116th Infantry Regiment). Therefore, this is the right message. His restraint, however, did little to appease Southern legislators, who consistently helped block his other reforms. On November 2, Kennedy saw perhaps his most dramatic action on PT-59. The first shot was fired, and boy, it just reverberated around the Dealey Plaza something terrible. The first part of that film shows me walking up towards him. POLICE OFFICER J.D. What was conceived as a comparatively easy operation, however, turned out to be one of the 29ths most costly operations of World War II. And I said: They killed him! They killed him! And finally I got to my office and my secretaryI told her to call the police or the Secret ServiceI just went to my desk and stopped there until the police came, and then we were required to get a place to develop the films. An estimated 250,000 mourners line up to pay their respects. I thought it sounded like a rifle shot, but I couldnt imagine that it could be a rifle shot. Kennedy received neither warning, perhaps because his radioman, John Maguire, was with him and Ensign Thom in the cockpit. The division began incessant training in central and southwest England, which would continue for twenty consecutive months. Jim Wright: President Kennedy and I and John Connally had a discussion on Air Force One.There had appeared in the Dallas News that morning a scurrilous ad calling him a traitor and other unflattering things.He had seen that. Kennedy kept his speed to a crawl hoping to keep the wake and noise to a minimum in order to avoid detection. I took out of his wallet Freedom for Cuba cardslooking for other aliases that we might identify him with. They had a torrid affairmany biographers say she was the true love of Kennedys lifebut the relationship became a threat to his naval career. Back on Plum Pudding Island, the men had nearly given their commander up for dead when he stumbled across the reef at noon the next day. At 2 a.m. Kennedy noted a vague silhouette of vessel approaching in the darkness. He was doing his thing and waving, and the crowd was excited and it was just one of the best of times. During Jacks medical leave, the navy won the battles of Midway and the Coral Sea. Kennedy attended Naval Reserve Officers Training School at Northwestern University. Just as all of this is going through my mind, the car passed directly in front of us. Lo, freeing the U.S. First Army to launch a devastating breakthroughof the German lines in Operation Cobra. And we got out there, and it wasnt therewe were told to wait and theyd give us a clear signal, so somebody gave us a clear signal and we walked out, and there wasnt supposed to be anybody out there but police officers around that wall. SHOTS FIRED AT THE MOTORCADE 12:30 P.M. The news media, a number of them, had continued to say: Let us see him. JFK Receives Purple Heart On August 2, 1943, Kennedy 's boat, PT-109, was performing nighttime patrols near New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, when it was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. There were people scattered throughout the entire park. Along the route are Dallas Detective Paul Bentley and spectator Glen Gatlin. Theyre headed for the airport. Kennedy pointed toward a small bit of land about four miles awayPlum Pudding Islandthat was almost certainly uninhabited. And I started.Here he is, wearing his black sweater.Do you have anything to say in your defense? And just as I said defense, Boom! I can remember his protruding eyes. It also would eliminate discrimination in all places of public accommodationhotels, restaurants, amusement facilities and retail establishments. I dialed New York. The gist of [what I said] was thatshots had been fired, and that the motorcade had gone by, it did not stop. Navy doctors werent so sure that Kennedy needed surgery. Bulkeley claimed his PTs had sunk a Japanese cruiser, a troopship, and a plane tender in the struggle for the Philippines, none of which was true. He said that he was not sure but that he had learned that the motorcade was going to the hospital. "NAURO ISLCOMMANDERNATIVE KNOWS POS'ITHE CAN PILOT11 ALIVENEED SMALL BOATKENNEDY", john fitzgerald kennedy national historic site. Roy Truly: everybody was screaming and hollering. And dont get away from her. I noticed that she wiped her hands off on her clothes when shecame away from his head. Captain Fritz: That first showup was for a lady who was an eyewitness and we were trying to get that showup as soon as we could because she was beginning to faint and getting sick. I told [him] that I had a boy missing over here, I dont know whether it amounts to anything or not. And I gave him his description. The next morning the natives returned with food and supplies. The letter directed for Kennedy to return with the natives whereby the New Zealand forces would unite him with U.S. forces. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Kennedy were at my side as Judge Hughes administered the oath of office. I was inside the door. Just minutes from Dealey Plaza, the Trade Mart is filled with luncheon guests awaiting the president. Ignoring enemy fire from shore, Kennedy and his crew pulled alongside and dragged the Marines aboard. To keep alive the spirit that never knew defeat; to glorify our dead, and to further keep before our country, the record of the 29th Division in all wars. No matter how many people are down there, you wont have anybody blocking your view. And so, he saidhe had vertigo, though. Lyndon Johnson had opposed herappointment to the federal bench as a federal district court judge. Eight days later, the massive German Ardennes offensive erupted forty miles to the south, catching the U.S. First Army by surprise. As luck would have it, another Kennedy friend, Lieutenant (j.g.) In a few minutesthis man put his arms up, leaned over, and he drew back, and he stepped back about two steps. We had representatives of the labor unions as well as of the professions and the large businesses. I thought it was a motorcycle backfire because there was a half a dozen of them on either side of Kennedys limousine. FIRST BROADCAST REPORT THAT KENNEDY IS DEAD 12:40 P.M. I think all these things came together.. Bob Jackson: The person behind it was not visible. Older brother Joe joined the Navy and was training to be a pilot. Bob Jackson: We heard the first shot. At some point, one of his torpedo tubes caught fire, illuminating his boat as a target. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. Tippit, killed in the line of duty. Kennedy studied Political Science at Harvard University. I swung my camera up, too, just so I could see better with the long lens and zoomed in and no one was visible in the window. I heard other explosions. Agent Hill: The right rear portion of his head was missing. Kennedy mused about luck and whether most success results from fortuitous accidents., I would agree with you that it was lucky the whole thing happened if the two fellows had not been killed. That, he said, rather spoils the whole thing for me.. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox let the certificate confirming the medal sit on his desk for several months. I heard Connally say, Theyre going to kill us all! or shoot us all. And then, I heard Jackie Kennedy scream out, Oh, God! Squad Leader purpose including veterans, their descendants, currently serving 29ers, I said, Governor, dont worry; everything is going to be all right. And he nodded his head.By this time the stretcher is there. About 9:25 I received word from Special Agent Duncanthat the president requested Mrs. Kennedy to come to the mezzanine, where he was about to speak. Larry OBrien and Ted Sorensen asked the president how they could possibly get the bill past committee chairman Howard Smith, a Virginia segregationist who was determined to stop it from getting to the House floor in the 1963 session. This is the president of the United States and there should be some consideration in an event like this. And I told this gentleman, You are going to have to come up with something a little stronger than [the] law that this body cant be removed., Shortly he leaves this little room and it seems like a few minutes he is back and he has another gentleman with him, and he said: He is a judge here in Dallas. New Jersey units that had been part of the 29th Division in World War I were assigned to the new 44th Division, that encompassed troops from New Jersey and New York. The journey proved harrowing. I was bent over under the weight of Agent Youngbloods body, toward Mrs. Johnson and Sen. [Ralph W.] Yarborough. When I heard the shots, I went out on this front porch. 109 was built by the Elco Naval Division of the Electric Post Company in Bayonne, N.J. Willie Price: The president was laying forward. Kennedy concluded the hour-and-10-minute meeting by promising nothing more than reports on likely votes in the House and the Senate. His ability to make quick decisions under stress with the welfare of those around him would be put to the test like no other on a fateful August night in 1943. OSWALD MEETS THE PRESS 12 MIDNIGHT Two members of the 29th, T/Sgt. You better go to work.by the time I got to the First National Bank building where we parkedand just as I parked my carit came over my car that the president was dead. This would be a post-World War II event that could plunge the global climate into a nuclear winter and kill millions. So, I walked out into the basement with OswaldI was told that the car that we were going to transfer him in would be crossways with the doorway, which it was not. Then, in a matter of a second and a half, another shot. There was television cameras and I dont know how many people were there.And here I am with a piece of evidence, standing there holding it over my head, and all these people around. Well, as the evening wore on, they brought Oswalds wife in and finally, Mrs. Oswald, the mother, asked Captain Fritzif he could arrange for her to see her son, and he said hed see what he could do. He might have shrugged off the putdowns of other PT skippers, but it must have been harder to ignore the biting words of his older brother. The 29th Infantry Division is one of America's most illustrious military units. And we thoughtwell, I didboy, hes got a good sense of humor, you knowto react like that. Put him on the phone, and Ill be in in a minute. So, Jack Ruby takes me into Henry Wades office. At about 1:45 a.m., the four destroyers set out for the return trip to Rabaul, speeding north. His weight sank to 120 pounds, and bouts of fever turned his skin a ghastly yellow. He spent two months at naval hospitals, after which his problem was incorrectly diagnosed as muscle strain. He later said that he, too, radioed a warning. The next thought that I had isthis is history and upon these words youll be judged as a reporter and as a human being. And I can remember hearing the crowds before seeing the cars or the motorcycle escorts. His assassination raised questions of a possible conspiracy that are still being debated today. If the 109 assumed that order banned radio traffic, why bother monitoring the radio? He had no palpable pulse. Kennedy, looking at a picture on the front page of The New York Times of a dog lunging to bite a teenager on the stomach, said that the photo made him sick. 29 Lets Go! OSWALD INTERROGATION BEGINS 2:20 P.M. We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. Kennedys venerable PT boat proved its valor when the 59s crew sprinted towards Choiseul Island. We went over to where that concrete pergola was, and we decided that would be the best place because, I says: You can get up here. Pulled out of the line for its first significant period of rest and recuperation during its time in combat, the 29th set up a headquarters in Schloss Rheydt, a castle owned by Joseph Goebbels, the notorious Nazi propaganda minister. As president, Kennedy would appoint White to the Supreme Court. At about 15 minutes before he was scheduled to appear, I looked out and people were already gathering in rain gear, some with umbrellasand I thought: Oh, what a mess. Kennedy was soon enjoying life as a young intelligence officer in the nations capital, where he started keeping company with 28-year-old Inga Marie Arvad, a Danish-born reporter already twice married but now separated from her second husband, a Hungarian film director. I helpedtake the stretcher that he was on into the emergency room. The US Navy used the lightning speed of the PT boat to attack with quick surprise launching torpedoes and strafing the enemy craft with 50 caliber heavy machine gun rounds. Kennedy would later embrace the myths of PT-109 and ride them into the White House. Jack felt very strongly about losing those two men and his ship in the Solomons, Cluster said. In eleven months of nearly continuous combat from D-Day to the Elbe, the 29th Division had participated in seven major offensives, gaining a reputation as one of the U.S. Armys finest outfits in World War II. So when they left, well, I did too. This is a list of Casualties that the29th Infantry Division suffered during WWII. I had seen him around the White House. He pulled the revolver from his waist. Connally always looked very, very handsome, and Kennedy, of course, was a guy that could have been a male model and sold clothes very nicely. Connally, and he was sort of crouched down and holding himself. His eyes were open, pupils were seen to be dilated and later were seen not to react to light. We had motorcycles running adjacent to both the presidential automobile and the follow-up car, as well as in front of the presidential automobile. Malcolm Kilduff: When Judge Hughes came aboard, the president asked that Mrs. Kennedy be invited to come up during the swearing-in. Once agents realize the president has been wounded, the limousine speeds off for Parkland Memorial Hospital at the orders of Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Roy Kellerman. We broke and all ran up there, and then President Kennedy headed straight for the fence and started walking along the fence shaking hands with people.I was always a little quicker than other guys. He said he had a nice family, that he admired his family, something to that effect.At one time I told him, You know you have killed the president, and this is a very serious charge. He denied it and said he hadnt killed the president. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Photograph by Frank Turgeon Jr. President John F. Kennedy is arguably one of Americas greatest U.S. Presidents. The tiniest shard of hot metal might ignite the 3,000-gallon gas tanks. Kennedy kept his speed to a crawl hoping to keep the wake and noise to a minimum in order to avoid detection. So I was looking to the left. Lieutenant Day: We were working on the fingerprints and so forth of the area where the shooting occurred. Airbrushed from this PR confection was Lieutenant Kennedys reaction to the accident. Now, can you get me a telephone? And he said, Yeah, just a minute. Hes looking around. As one historian put it, Kennedys fragile health meant he was not qualified for the Sea Scouts, much less the U.S. Navy. Gasoline from the ruptured fuel tanks ignited. Ensign John F. Jack Kennedy was finally was at the helm of his own boat with the salt air spray in his face and the ocean chop bouncing him and his crew across the waves aboard the roaring PT 101. I called the switchboard in Dallas, asked for the line to be open to Washington and remain open continuously. 2. A Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boat skipper had arrived ready for duty. No blood or anything. On February 23, 1945, the 29th Division executed its most successful offensive of World War II by launching an attack across the flood-swollen Roer on either side of Jlich. But Cluster laughed it off, particularly when his friend earned the nickname Crash Kennedy. Its three huge Packard motors needed a complete overhaul. I remember it occurred to me that this man wants on top of the building. American forces had captured Tulagi and nearby Guadalcanal, but the Japanese remained entrenched on islands to the north. While Kennedy tried to ease the problem with executive actions that expanded black voting, job opportunities and access to public housing, he consistently refused to put a major civil rights bill before Congress. From boyhood, he had suffered from chronic colitis, scarlet fever, and hepatitis. The division was to stay there ten months. After hours of swimming in the open Pacific Ocean, the crew of the 109 had finally made it to dry ground. They set out for yet a third trek this time to the tiny Island of Nauru several miles away faintly seen on the horizon where they were confident they would find local friendly natives. I got a good look at him and knew beyond a shadow of a doubt it was him. We were airborne approximately 11:20. In 1940, the U.S. Armys Officer Candidate School had rejected him as 4-F, citing ulcers, asthma, and venereal disease. She didnt express much interest in what was going to happen to her son. He called out into the darkness and could hear 5 other members of his crew somewhere in the darkness of the now quiet sea. The Navy crew loaded all Marines aboard, including several wounded. It wasnt until fate intervened that Kennedy got his medal: On April 28, 1944, Knox died of a heart attack. Nothing had happened by the time the limo was exactly opposite us. But I dont remember that at all. We went downstairs to the rear of the hospital, where the body was placed in a naval ambulance. Each failed. But more than moral considerations were at work in Kennedys decision. The most comprehensive and authoritative history site on the Internet. Of course, I had an empty camera. We are hit! I have driven that car many times, and I never cease to be amazed even to this day with the weight of the automobile plus the power that is under the hood; we just literally jumped out of the goddamn road. I felt this explosion of the weapon. Kennedy attempt to steer his boat into a firing position but before he could react, the massive destroyer slammed broadside into the much smaller wooden boat cutting the PT 109in two in ten seconds. This downgrade hinted that those high up in the chain of command did not think much of Kennedys performance on the night of August 2. They write: "The PT boat was creeping along to keep the wake and noise to a minimum in order to avoid detection. Kennedy ordered everyone back aboard the part of the PT-109 still afloat. I saw Kennedy get hit. Yet Kennedy doubted that he could persuade Congress to act and believed that a planned march on the Capitol in August might do more harm than good. They were willing to help. His first novel, A Bell for Adano, was published the same week he met Kennedy at the nightclub; it would win a Pulitzer in 1945. Kennedys analysis of congressional resistance moved Randolph to ask the president to mount a crusade by going directly to the country for support. And if I wrapped the thing up, its likely to mess up the powder or prints that are on there. Mrs. Johnson and I spoke to her. Ninth Army divisions on either side of the 29th were pulled out of theline and rushed to the Ardennes as Gerhardt extended his front along the Roer River to cover the vacated space. It isn't clear if the military units were arranged differently in the universe of Star Trek, or if the discrepancy was in reality a shortcoming of the holoprogram's accuracy. She had on a little white practical nurses uniformand she had these big, black horn-rimmed glasses. Then, in just a couple of seconds more, there was a second shot, then everybodyseemed to realize something was wrong then because Kennedy had by then already fallen over on Jackies shoulder. He saw an end to racial strife in the South as essential to Americas international standing in its competition with Moscow for influence in Third World countries. From within these accounts emerges a textured and detailed picture of those stunning hours, sometimes revealing bits of information and simple whys long submerged in volumes of testimony. I called Robert Kennedy.Despite his shock, he discussed the practical problems at hand problems of special urgency because we did not at that time have any information as to the motivation of the assassination or its possible implications. The events that began unfolding around midday on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, have cast a long and lasting shadow across the intervening 40 years. And when the ambulance pulled in, we loaded him in the ambulance, and I crawled in there with him and so did the doctor, and we rode to Parkland with him. I will do my best. The 15 boats that had left Lumbari that evening fired at least 30 torpedoes, yet hit nothing. He recounts his amazing afternoon. Nellie Connally: Then I dont know how soon, it seems to me it was very soon, that I heard a noise, and not being an expert rifleman, I was not aware that it was a rifle. Cannons from these ships could blast the PTs into splinters. I showed him a picture of him holding a rifle and wearing the pistolhe said: [Someone has taken my picture and that is my face and put a different body on it. As I first got over in front of the White Plaza Hotel the people of course were jamming the sidewalks. You could hear the cheers, the crowd, the noiseI felt an excitement, you know, because the president was getting close. Malcolm Kilduff: Now, in removing the casket on the forklift at Andrews Air Force Base, one of the handles got broken. AFTERMATH ON DEALEY PLAZA And he said, Hell, he said, dont ask me. Fellow PT skipper Ensign George Ross with his boat out of commission joined Kennedy aboard the 109. Returning to duty in command of a new breed of PT boat, he lobbied for dangerous assignments and displayed a recklessness that worried fellow officers. and then I saw this flash on his black sweater and Oswald moaned and he went down.And I felt the impact of the bullet as it creased the air. 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