The Purple Hearts journey-from the birth of a nation to the depths of the Atlantic-reminds us what freedom truly costs.by ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - During World War II, a Japanese destroyer rammed and sunk the U.S. Navy patrol boat known as PT-109 on August 2, 1943. John F. Kennedy was the commander. Despite being hurt in the ...

The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since the American Civil War, when a Union boat armed with spar torpedoes sank ...

The Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire (left) and Australia (right), with a U.S. heavy cruiser, photographed through a ring gun sight aboard the cruiser Phoenix, off Leyte on Oct. 21, 1944. (Navy ...

JFK’s heroic actions earned him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, as well as a Purple Heart. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s newly-confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), ...

It's August 1943 and future president, John F. Kennedy is the Commander of the US patrol torpedo boat PT-109. He was participating in a hunt for the famous "Tokyo Express" - Japanese destroyers ...

On a dark, moonless night in August 1943, a young John F. Kennedy faced a harrowing test of leadership that would later bolster his image as a war hero and significantly impact his political ...

On a dark, moonless night in August 1943, a young John F. Kennedy faced a harrowing test of leadership that would later bolster his image as a war hero and significantly impact his political ...

When you think of Naval vessels, you're likely to conjure up gargantuan aircraft carriers and submarines. Chances are you would never think of a PT boat, and that's if you even know what one is. The ...

U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, swam the Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the rescue of her father’s ...

President John F. Kennedy served as a US Navy lieutenant and commander of a patrol torpedo (PT) boat during World War II. Getty Images US Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy commanded PT-109 in the Solomon ...