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vice president. he probably had the greatest resume of any person to become president of the united states. how lucky we were to have him in the late 1980s and early 90s when those volcanic convulsive events did change the world. in fact hundreds of millions of people were freed in eastern europe and bush knew precisely what to do. eric: he said he did not want to dance on the berlin wall. he was humble and gracious in the sense of reserve. a lot of people did not know he was shot down in that avenger. two of his cam rad -- comrades on the plane were killed. we know the story about jfk and the pt-109. but he didn't make a big major deal about that.
astonishing story, pt109 but perhaps well known is the young commander 20 year's old george bush of yale shot down radio tower and plucked out of seat. how do you think that experience shaped him for the rest of his life? >> well, as a naval officer and i have been one your highest -- your highest most sacred duty second only to accomplishing the mission is that care and welfare of the sailors who are entrusted to your care. now, in september of 1944 then lieutenant bush was leading a 4-plane element of torpedo bombers hitting radio station in island, tough assignment because the japanese have been known to eat american prisoners that they captured, sometimes dismembers them when they were alive.
small boat. kennedy. >> the coconut reaches allied lines and kennedy and his crew are rescued. >> the point of pt 109 is it was not regarded by john f. kennedy or anyone in the vicinity of that combat zone as any act of heroism. it was a disaster. >> jack should have been court-martialed because he allowed his boat to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> joseph kennedy sees an opportunity to turn disaster into triumph. >> joe kennedy was still politically connected and immediately intervened. and it was only through a carefully managed investigation joe kennedy was overseeing it, making sure that the story came out right, that it became this great, you know, heroic myth of jfk saving his crew.
for what is probably the most physically difficult job in the navy. >> he is in charge of pt 109, which is a small patrol torpedo boat in the pacific theater. >> the pt boat is a new type of threat to carry torpedoes to strike the enemy below the bow. >> jack has a terrible, terrible back. and to serve in a pt boat is only going to exacerbate every problem that he's got. >> jack kennedy's pt boat was on patrol on a moonless, dark night. >> so they don't see this giant japanese ship coming straight at them.
>> the coconut reaches allied lines and kennedy and his crew are rescued. >> the point of pt 109 is it was not regarded by john f. kennedy or anyone in the vicinity of that combat zone as any act of heroism. it was a disaster. >> jack should have been court-martialed because he allowed his boat to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> joseph kennedy sees an opportunity to turn disaster into triumph. >> joe kennedy was still politically connected and immediately intervened. and it was only through a carefully managed investigation joe kennedy was overseeing it, making sure that the story came out right, that it became this great, you know, heroic myth of jfk saving his crew. ♪ >> warner brothers bring to the
>> he is in charge of pt 109, which is a small patrol torpedo boat in the pacific theater. >> the pt boat is a new type of threat to carry torpedoes to strike the enemy below the bow. >> jack has a terrible, terrible back. and to serve in a pt boat is only going to exacerbate every problem that he's got. >> jack kennedy's pt boat was on patrol on a moonless, dark night. >> so they don't see this giant japanese ship coming straight at them. it basically slices jfk's boat in half.
are rescued. >> the point of pt 109 is it was not regarded by john f. kennedy or anyone in the vicinity of that combat zone as any act of heroism. it was a disaster. >> jack should have been court-martialed because he allowed his boat to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> joseph kennedy sees an opportunity to turn disaster into triumph. >> joe kennedy was still politically connected and immediately intervened. and it was only through a carefully managed investigation joe kennedy was overseeing it, making sure that the story came out right, that it became this great, you know, heroic myth of jfk saving his crew. ♪ >> warner brothers bring to the screen one of the most important adventures ever filmed.
>> he is in charge of pt 109, which is a small patrol torpedo boat in the pacific theater. >> the pt boat is a new type of threat to carry torpedoes to strike the enemy below the bow. >> jack has a terrible, terrible back. and to serve in a pt boat is only going to exacerbate every problem that he's got. >> jack kennedy's pt boat was on patrol on a moonless, dark night. >> so they don't see this giant japanese ship coming straight at them. it basically slices jfk's boat in half.