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The president, the coastwatcher and the coconut

Before he would become an iconic US President, John F Kennedy was a US Navy officer in the WW2 Pacific.
And when his PT boat is sunk by the Japanese, it was an Australian coastwatcher and his Solomon Islander allies who came to his rescue.

Author  Michael Veitch joins the show again to tell the story.

Read more about Michael’s book at: https://www.hachette.com.au/michael-veitch/
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