Keywords: JFK being awarded the Navy Marine Corps Medal.jpg Lt John F Kennedy USNR is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps medal for extremely heroic conduct as Commanding Officer of Motor Torpedo Boat 109 The Medal was presented to John F Kennedy by Captain Frederick L Conklin Commandant of the Chelsea Naval Hospital at the hospital in Massachusetts for Kennedy's heroics in the rescue of the crew of PT 109 during WWII on August 2 1943 when the motor torpedo boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer http //www jfklibrary org/Asset-Viewer/N_U_Ph8KtUqvsoI8iqy4ug aspx The John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Boston Accession number PC110 Gallery http //www jfklibrary org/JFK/Media-Gallery/World-War-II aspx 1944-06-12 Not provided PD-USGov-Military-Navy John F Kennedy in 1943 John F Kennedy shaking hands Black and white photographs of military people in uniform Hospitals in Massachusetts Black and white photographs Presentation of military decorations Handshakes involving the military |