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), ...

John F. Kennedy, with cane in the Pacific, 1943, would later downplay his PT-109 role: "It was involuntary," he quipped. "They sank my boat." Ted Robinson John F. Kennedy—elected 50 years ago this ...

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 ...

Years before he became the 35th President of the United States, John F Kennedy showed great courage and leadership as the commander of a patrol boat in WWII. His heroic actions earned him service ...

The yellow crane angled toward Newark Bay is perhaps not the typical structure placed in a park to commemorate a moment in history. But there is little need for statues and monuments when an artifact ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Achieving a 100-year milestone is a remarkable accomplishment that places an individual in an elite group of “centenarians.” The milestone presents an opportunity to honor a ...

AGAWAM, Mass. — The old film clips spliced with the veterans' narratives offer a glimpse of the down time aboard the 80-foot-long patrol torpedo boats used during World War II.Bare-chested men — ...

HISTORIC ARRIVAL: The PT boat which starred in PT-109 and McHale's Navy enters the canal basin in Medina, where it spent Friday night. The crew received gifts from several local merchants and a tour ...

Though it was shot out from under him, John Clagett of Middlebury still has fond memories of the small boat on which he served in World War II. So fond, in fact, that as he looked over a large marble ...