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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum,Boston)The men of PT-109 are on their own.The skipper, and the man responsible for allowing suchan enormous vessel to sneak up on his boat, isLieutenant John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He is twenty-six, railthin, and deeply tanned, a Harvard-educated playboywhose father forced him to leave naval intelligence toseek a combat position when it was discovered that hisson’s Danish mistress was suspected of being a Nazi spy.Being second-born in a family where great things areexpected from the oldest son, Kennedy has had theluxury of a frivolous life. He was a sickly child, grew into ayoung man fond of books and girls, and, with theexception of commanding a minor vessel such as PT-109,has shown no interest in pursuing a leadership positionin politics—an ambition required of his older brother, Joe.But none of that matters right now. Kennedy must finda way to get his men to safety. Later in life, when asked todescribe the night’s imminent turning point, he will shrugit off: “It was involuntary. They sunk my boat.”