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The search for Kennedy's PT 109 by Peter Getzels
"National Geographic reveals the true story behind the legend - a more complex more intriguing tale than we were ever led to believe. Famed ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard will travel to the Solomon Islands to find the sunken wreck of Kennedy's boat the PT-109. Through eyewitness accounts of survivors local islanders and other PT crews on patrol that night along with powerful footage from the war in the Pacific we retell the remarkable story of JFK's heroic struggle to rally his crew and get them safely to shore and explore the controversies that have swirled around the boat's sinking." - Editorial Reviews
"National Geographic reveals the true story behind the legend - a more complex more intriguing tale than we were ever led to believe. Famed ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard will travel to the Solomon Islands to find the sunken wreck of Kennedy's boat the PT-109. Through eyewitness accounts of survivors local islanders and other PT crews on patrol that night along with powerful footage from the war in the Pacific we retell the remarkable story of JFK's heroic struggle to rally his crew and get them safely to shore and explore the controversies that have swirled around the boat's sinking." - Editorial Reviews