Bushcraft e medicina: Il coltello di JFK (quando comandava la motosilurante PT-109)

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Il coltello di JFK (quando comandava la motosilurante PT-109)

“...in 1943, the Japanese destroyer Amaqiri rammed PT-109 amidships, slicing it in half and killing two of the crew. Other PT boat commanders in the area, assuming the crew had been killed in such a collision, left the area. The commander of the boat rallied the other ten survivors, who clung to the debris for five hours until they reached a coral island. After swimming to a larger island, the young lieutenant encountered a native and carved a message into a coconut shell, which led to the rescue. The lieutenant was decorated for his bravery, and both he and the coconut shell ended up in the Oval Office”.

The crew of PT-109 in July, 1943. That's Lt(jg) John F. Kennedy standing on the far right. Left to Right, Top Row, Al Webb (not a crew member but in the photo) Leon E. Drawdy, Edgar E. Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John E. McGuire. Bottom Row, Charles A. Harris, Maurice l. Kowal, Andrew J. Kirkesy, Leonard J. Thom and Kennedy. Andrew Jackson Kirksey and Harold W. Marney (not pictured) perished in the collision.

Coltello dell'Us Navy MK1

Nel film "PT-109: posto di combattimento" l'attore che impersona il futuro Presidenti degli Stati Uniti d'America, Cliff Robertson, porta un coltello diverso, corretto dal punto di vista storico, ma più appariscente del MK1.