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| Keywords: JFK PT-109 Coconut.jpg en Coconut Shell Paperweight - Original coconut on which the rescue message was inscribed by Kennedy to rescue the crew of the PT-109 and delivered by natives Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana of the Solomon Islands From the source While Kennedy was serving in WWII as commander of the PT109 his boat was hit by a Japanese destroyer and his crew was stranded in the Solomon Islands Lieutenant John F Kennedy carved this Coconut shell with a message and gave it to two natives to deliver to the PT base at Rendova so he and his crew would be rescued He later had the coconut shell encased in wood and plastic and used it as a paperweight on his desk in the Oval Office Message carved on coconut shell reads NAURO ISL ¦COMMANDER ¦NATIVE KNOWS POS'IT ¦HE CAN PILOT ¦11 ALIVE ¦NEED SMALL BOAT ¦KENNEDY http //www jfklibrary org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer htm guid B834EA62-0711-47A4-9EC1-E00C12CF9390 type Image jfklibrary org PD-USGov PT109 John F Kennedy Coconut objects Paperweights Sculptures on white background | ||||
