PT-109

President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his White House desk: a coconut encased in plastic. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109. Academy Award winner* Cliff Robertson stars in this stirring saga of Kennedy's wartime exploits as skipper of a PT boat in the Solomon Islands. The assignment: harass the enemy and buy time for a U.S. Navy still on the drawing boards. In August 1943, PT 109 was sliced in half by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy led his surviving crew through a sea aflame from gasoline, towing a badly burned sailor miles to the nearest island. There seemed little hope of rescue from the Japanese-dominated area...until a strategy involving a coconut emerged. The triumphant outcome was unbelievable - and all true!

• Mister Roberts
• Search for Kennedy's Pt 109
• Torpedo Run
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• Destination Tokyo (DVD)
• Darby's Rangers
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
• Operation Petticoat
• The Gallant Hours
• The Fighting Seabees