This screen-grab from the auction listing shows the unauthorized mosquito boat insignia that some sailors affixed to their dress uniforms’ left shoulders (source: ) Kennedy: His Very Own PT-109 Shoulder Patch.
When it comes to militaria and Kennedy, buyers should be especially be wary – as in the case of a current “Kennedy” online auction listing” John F. Investing in proper due diligence – researching the piece and the history – has to be a step performed before funds are exchanged. Where there’s money to be made, people seek opportunity to cash in with legitimate, fringe and fraudulent memorabilia.įor buyers of Kennedy memorabilia, iron-clad provenance should be required prior making a purchase. With high demand and substantial popularity comes incredible values for these items. The popularity of the president and the film about his service have contributed to persistent demand for anything that can be connected to him. The film just happened to be showing on one of the cable networks that shows classic movies and I couldn’t stop myself from being captivated by the on-screen dramatization of the President’s WWII actions.Ĭollectors of all walks and interests have been pursuing Kennedy memorabilia with considerable interest and fervor. The film focused on JFK’s first command, PT-109 and the events surrounding his heroism following the boat’s sinking (after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer). With an assassin’s bullet, all of that promise was stripped from the American youth replacing the excitement with a vacuum.ĭuring the height of Kennedy’s popularity (while in office), Warner Brothers released a war-film (in June of 1963) documenting Kennedy’s service in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific when he served as a skipper of three motor torpedo (PT) boats PT-101, PT109 and PT59. But JFK’s service had been kick started when he volunteered to serve in the United States Navy in October of 1941, through the bulk of World War II before being medically retired in March of 1945.
House of Representatives (1947-1953) representing the state of Massachusetts. His election to the White House was the culmination of the embodiment of this sentiment, having served in the U.S. As an aside, note that the naval officers’ dress uniform was absent sleeve patches unlike some of the enlisted uniforms (source: Naval History and Heritage Command). Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., The Minor White Curator of Photography.Kennedy receives his Navy and Marine Corps Medal for risking his own life to save those of his PT-109 crew.
The exhibition commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and Jorgensen’s significant contribution to the field of documentary photography. The works in this exhibition draw from a recent acquisition of vintage prints gifted to the Museum by Victoria Jorgensen Carman and Lee Jorgensen, the photographer’s daughters.
Grant, and the hospital ship USS Solace, which served in the Pacific during the world-altering conflict. Between 19, Jorgensen photographed on board the aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Monterey, the destroyer USS Albert W. Edward Steichen, the renowned modernist photographer and lieutenant commander who oversaw Naval photography during World War II, selected Jorgensen-a Reed College attendee and editor at The Oregonian newspaper-to serve with his elite Naval Aviation Photographic Unit. In 1942, Portland-born photographer Victor Jorgensen enlisted in the Navy.
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