John F. Kennedy and PT 109 80th Anniversary - Film History Livestream (Aug. 16)

John F. Kennedy and PT 109 80th Anniversary - Film History Livestream

November 22 is the 60th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy.
Throughout the year we’ll host a series of online/virtual and in-person programs related to John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy - please visit our calendar for details.

August 2nd is the 80th anniversary of the 1943 sinking of John F. Kennedy’s PT 109 in the South Pacific during World War II.
We invite you to join us for a screening of the 1963 film “PT 109” starring Cliff Robertson as John F. Kennedy.

During the screening film we invite you to participate in a discussion of the film with your fellow participants via Zoom.

PT 109 is a 1963 American Technicolor Panavision biographical war film depicting the actions of John F. Kennedy as an officer of the United States Navy in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 in the Pacific theater of World War II. The film was adapted by Vincent Flaherty and Howard Sheehan from the book PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II by Robert J. Donovan, and the screenplay was written by Richard L. Breen. Cliff Robertson stars as Kennedy, and the film features performances by Ty Hardin, James Gregory, Robert Culp and Grant Williams.
PT 109 was the first commercial theatrical film about a sitting U.S. president released while he was still in office (although FDR was often depicted in small roles during his administration, most notably in Yankee Doodle Dandy). It was released domestically on June 19, 1963, five months before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Film Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5fRHO1vok

Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-109
PT-109 was an 80-foot Elco PT boat (patrol torpedo boat) last commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy, future United States president, in the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific theater during World War II. Kennedy's actions in saving his surviving crew after PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer earned him several commendations and made him a war hero. Back problems stemming from the incident required months of hospitalization at Chelsea Naval Hospital and plagued him the rest of his life. Kennedy's postwar campaigns for elected office referred often to his service on PT-109.

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Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organizations Dallas-Texas History & Culture and Washington, DC History & Culture.

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