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Read the original article on Coffee or Die Magazine. Follow Coffee or Die on Instagram. During World War II, 26-year-old John F. Kennedy was nearly killed in action when a Japanese destroyer collided ...

On a moonless night in summer 1943, a Japanese destroyer tore through a U.S. Navy patrol-torpedo boat guarding the waters around the Solomon Islands. The boat was PT-109, skippered by a young ...