Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Campaign Souvenir

My aunt, whose father was a business associate of Joseph P. Kennedy, gave me this PT-109 tie clip many years ago.  It was one of the campaign souvenirs handed out when John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, and she knew of my fondness for the late president.  I wear it every time I wear a tie.

For those of you who are too young to remember, PT-109 was the boat JFK captained while in the Pacific in World War II.  It was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer and he helped rescue his crew.  The incident served to secure war hero status for the future president and was made into a movie starring Cliff Robertson.

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  1. Just for interest, google “PT 658”. This great boat is a project of a large group of people in Portland OR who have spent years lovingly restoring it. One of those people is a friend of mine (hi, Wally!). The 658 is a perfectly complete and running vessel with its own dock and museum.

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