Andrew Jackson Kirksey and Harold W. Marney
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TM2/c Andrew Jackson Kirksey and MoMM2/c Harold W. Marney were the two crew members of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 who were lost when the boat was struck at night by a Japanese destroyer. Marney was 19 from Springfield, Massachusetts. Kirksey was a torpedoman from Reynolds, Georgia, a father at 25. They were the only two of the crew of 15 who did not survive the incident. In the movie PT-109, the crew keeps on calling out the names of these two, the only reference to them being lost. The National Geographic TV special names the two and their full titles, their pictures, and where they were from.
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Ships: PT-109 • PT-109 Loss Report • PT 59 • PT Boat • Elco • Japanese destroyer Amagiri • Fubuki class destroyer • Tokyo Express People: John F. Kennedy • Arthur Reginald Evans • Coastwatchers • Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana • Andrew Jackson Kirksey and Harold W. Marney • Max Kennedy • Places: Solomon Islands • Kolombangara • Gizo • Kennedy Island • Lumbari Island • Rendova Island • Tulagi Battles:Battle of Blackett Strait • Solomon Islands campaign • Battle of Vella Gulf • PT-109-bilia PT 109 (film) The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 PT-109 (comic book) • • PT-109 (song) • PT-109 (model) •
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