Jimmy Dean - P. T. 109 Lyrics

Also odd Sheriff Bob White Lone Star Strategies President Kennedy was, Well you know in TX.

In the Movie the Japanese commander stops looking for Turtles to make soup. Jim when we went camping I was about 8 who was that that was with us that caught a turtle and made soup? Was that Sheriff Bob White, it was up here some were.

Imagine having as President a selfless man, a war hero and patriot. What happened?

Kirk Davis - he was killed by cowards. I used to be proud to be an American in the 60's & 70's. Today I watch my back and over my shoulder. Sad is this country today. I am ashamed of what we have become today. Really sad. He would turn over in his grave if he saw what this country has become today.

Love listening to these oldies, brings back good memories of my dad si ginger along to them. This music was history and sincere

"And it's one two three, what are we fighting for, I dont know, I dont give a damn, next stop is Vietnam . . ."  Country Joe lifted that riff from the chorus here !  =)   No offense meant, Im a huge fan of Kennedy.  Best thing ever happened to this country, so of course he had to go, as well as his brother Bobby and the great Martin Luther King.  Dont want any of those anti Wall St, anti Fed types who care more about the people, ruining the game for the big boys who own the country.  Imagine if the three of them had survived, what a great place this would have been. It was great for a little while though and we shared big dreams. Thats why we look back on that period with such affection. RIP my good friends John, Bobby and Martin. God bless you.

How does a destroyer run over your PT boat? More to the point was Kennedy sleeping or drunk? Whatever it was dereliction of duty in the worst way. Yet with every song and story JFK was made a hero. He should have been court marshaled.

Jfk murdered by mossad

The pt boat was probably the biggest piece of we ever had. Wooden for starters. But in the early years of the war we didn't have much.

It was extremely dark at the time they were hit. PT 109 had no radar though at least one other PT in the vicinity did. The destroyer came upon them very rapidly at 30+ knots. It is doubtful even if they had heard it coming if they would have been able to determine in time that it was on a collision course and take evasive action. Stationed where they were, you would have to admit that the chances of a close encounter with enemy vessels, let alone a direct collision, were pretty low.

JFK should have been given the Medal of Honor!!

my favorite part of this song is "Macmahon the Irishman," fucking line sounds so good for some reason

It is haunting to me

At the end of the song it says u can't keep a Kennedy down not much later he was shoot and kiied

Everyone who drives a Toyota, Nissan, etc and calls themselves Americans need to listen to this song!!!

Got to see the film of the same Title this weekend. Sobering.

i miss when music used to tell history/a story

Groyper check

I swear I learn more about history by listening to old songs then if I went to history class

Nothing's better than 50's on 5.

this song went to #8 on the pop charts in 1962!!!

Keep your Carcanos away from this comment section

I remember going to see this movie.

bess DD

I was teen when John Kennedy was president and the commander of PT 109.

I like people whose boat wasn't shot in two.

Lee Harvey oswald

Was a communist faggot.

Kennedy was the last American president to have ever seen combat with his own eyes. Maybe Carter but he was safely on a boat miles from any trouble.

@Joseph Mackela Jfks story is 100x better than his ntbm

What was my comment?  I forget, I happened to come across this when deleting my emails.

Gerald Ford served on a carrier in the Pacific so that's not true and don't forget GHW Bush who flew an Avenger also in the pacific.

@Damian Aragon So was Gerald Ford. Both were Navy men. Lyndon Johnson too.

IMHO every american president should be required to have served in the military.

Oswald must have listening to this song before he assassinated jfk

You believed that lied

Hang yourself

Shame Kennedy did go down

Mossad lbj Mishpucka mafia hoover CIA Angleton

Johnny cash Horton and Jimmy Dean what legends

Jimmy Dean yes still great sausage

Damn bean eating war hero

THOUGHT THEY HAD TH BEST OF A MIGHTY GOOD MAN!

SneakieFox Kennedy was running three engines. He should have been running all four engines as required. That would have given him the power to avoid collision. McCarther said he should have been court martialed for failure to follow orders and losing a PT boat.

.....NAMED JOHN!

6th at https://www.historyandheadlines.com/october-31-1941-reuben-james-10-songs-ship/

The movie I think won academy awards. Which starred Cliff Robertson.

Whom JFK handpicked to portray him!

Sad today American History is no longer taught in our schools. Every kid in America should know this story -----

LEONIDAS when I was in my teen, I checked out the book the story of PT-109 many times, I read that book and it’s a very good book. In my Junior year of high school, we had as our history class requirement to read 2 books on World War II, we had to tell of it. I tried to focus on the Pacific & Far East side of World War II. My uncle was a Gunners Mate Gunnery aboard the USS Southerland DD-743, he was a plank owner on that ship, he was in the Battle for Leyte Gulf, my late father in law was in the Army during World War II, so were 2 of my second cousins who were Marines, both were on Guadalcanal.

LEONIDAS for every million girly boys today there are 5 real men.

Papa John no, sadly it is not.

@Papa John you are the dumb one here bud, I have never heard this story until my dad played a cd he had of this song

@Christopher S. O' awesome!!

We walked from elementary school to the local movie theater to watch the movie when it first came out.