11 ALIVE…NEED SMALL BOAT…KENNEDY
On August 2nd of 1943, whilst serving as commander of the PT-109 during World War II, John F. Kennedy and crew were rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri; their boat instantly halved by the impact and two of the crew killed. Six days later, stranded in the Solomon Islands with his fellow survivors, Kennedy carved the following message into a coconut shell and handed it to Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, two natives tasked with delivering it to the nearest Allied base 35 nautical miles away, by canoe.
HOLY CRAP
Letters of Note is always awesome but HOLY CRAP
Check out the detail view at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum website, HOLY CRAP