during the summer of 1943, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 26 years old and ensures the command of the torpedo boat PT-109 in the Solomon islands. On August 1, 1943, the fifteen stars, including hers, receive the order to intercept and sink a convoy of destroyers, the japanese crossing the strait of Blackett. The mission is a failure. The stars take thirty torpedoes without hitting their targets. It is a night of ink, which prevents any visibility

Five kilometers to the swimming

Around 2: 30, Kennedy and his men see arise out of the darkness of a huge mass. No maneuver is possible…

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