Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 2 ga Agusta, 1943, yayin dawowa daga aikin "Tokyo Express" na dare a tsibirin Solomon
, Jirgin ruwan Japan mai suna "Amagiri" ya hango jiragen ruwa na USN PT a nesa da kimanin mita 1,000. Maimakon bude wuta da kuma ba da matsayinsu, kyaftin din jirgin ruwa, Lieutenant Commander Kohei Hanami, ya juya don ya tsayar da shi kuma ya rufe cikin duhu a 30 knots. Jirgin ruwan Japan mai saurin gudu, mai saurin motsawa ya yi karo da "PT-109", wanda Lieutenant John F. Kennedy ya umurce shi.