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Aktungbby · 08-02-15, 12:18 PM

USS Maddox DD-731 Gulf of Tonkin incident 8/2/1964

IJN AMAGIRI rammed and sank John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in the Blackett Strait...8/2/1943; giving rise to JFK's Navy Cross award. "after interviewing many of the crew, one author concluded that it was not an accident, and he talked to the man at the wheel who was ordered to steer for a collision course. Amagiri also engaged other PT boats in the Blackett Strait south of Kolombangara. LT. COM. Kohei Hanami — who commanded Amagiri at that time — attended President Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.

08-02-15, 12:18 PM	#1383
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,929 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	8/2: two destroyers that changed the course of history...for the worse USS Maddox DD-731 Gulf of Tonkin incident 8/2/1964IJN AMAGIRI rammed and sank John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in the Blackett Strait...8/2/1943; giving rise to JFK's Navy Cross award. "after interviewing many of the crew, one author concluded that it was not an accident, and he talked to the man at the wheel who was ordered to steer for a collision course. Amagiri also engaged other PT boats in the Blackett Strait south of Kolombangara. LT. COM. Kohei Hanami — who commanded Amagiri at that time — attended President Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"