Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0481-014
This file contains correspondence and press releases regarding a letter to Representative John F. Kennedy from Kohei Hanami, commander of the Amagiri, the Japanese destroyer that collided with Congressman Kennedy’s PT-109 boat during World War II. Also included is a letter to Congressman Kennedy from Patrick H. McMahon, an engineer on the PT-109 who was injured in the collision with the Amagiri.