It was the number assigned to JFK's PT boat that was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer on August 2, 1943
.... by a Japanese destroyer, your reasonable conclusion would be 
that PT boats... [DOC] [TLE] People and Places: KENNEDYS DON'T CRY: LT. JFK in WWII ... [PAR] Mar 18, 2011 ... On 15 January 1942, he was assigned to an ONI field office the ...