Keywords: US Navy 070822-N-3642E-751 Eroni.jpg en BOUGAINVILLE STRAIT Aug 22 2007 - Eroni Aaron Kumana and the Secretary of the Navy SECNAV the Honorable Dr Donald C Winter cut a welcoming cake aboard USS Peleliu LHA 5 Eroni is credited with the rescue of Lt John F Kennedy nearly 18 years before becoming president and the rest of PT-109's crew following the ship's collision with the Japanese destroyer Amagiri near Plum Pudding Island on August 2 1943 U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shawn P Eklund RELEASED 2007-08-22 070822-N-3642E-751 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 49836 U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shawn P Eklund PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location BOUGAINVILLE STRAIT Donald C Winter Cake cutting |