Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt. Cmdr. John Bulkeley ...

(Navy History and Heritage Command/National Archives) The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since the American ...

Kennedy, with cane in the Pacific, 1943, would later downplay his PT-109 role: "It was involuntary ... hoping to intercept a U.S. torpedo boat. Battling injuries, exhaustion and strong currents ...

Rendered in a modern style, the portrait shows Donald Trump with blood streaming down his face, his fist raised in defiance, shouting to his stunned supporters, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" ...

It's August 1943 and future president, John F. Kennedy is the Commander of the US patrol torpedo boat PT-109. He was participating in a hunt for the famous "Tokyo Express" - Japanese destroyers ...

They Were Expendable told a fictionalized account of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the ...