Future President John Kennedy as PT Boat Cmd. Their boat was cut in two. Kennedy was credited with saving the survivors by carving a message on a coconut and natives took it for their rescue.  

Future President John Kennedy as PT Boat Cmd.

Downed pilot George Bush is rescued by the Navy submarine, USS Finback.  9/2/44.


George Bush flew a TBM Avenger for the United States Navy during World War II.

He joined the Navy on June 12, 1942 when he turned 18. One of his most memorable missions was when George and his crew of two other men were flying over one of the Japanese islands and their plane was badly damaged.

He had to bail out into enemy waters where he was luckily saved by one of the United States’ fast submarines; the USS Finback. He stayed on the sub for a month before returning back to friendly territory.


Future President G. Bush rescued by sub.

The U.S.S. Wasp is born in full Technicolor on 17 August 1943 in Quincy, Massachusetts at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard.