Fact #153561
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US Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is cut in half in a collision with the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, off Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, East of Papua, New Guinea, Oceania. The commander of the PT-109, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, will be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his bravery in this action. Kennedy is also awarded the Purple Heart for injuries he sustained in the collision. He will, in due course, become the President of the United States Of America. The tale of PT-109 will inspire the 1961 country song PT-109 by Jimmy Dean, which will reach No8 on the Billboard pop music chart in the USA, and No3 on the country music chart.
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