John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Boston, MA
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Search for Kennedy's PT 109
Robert Ballard
November 11, 2002
00:57:00
Lieutenant Kennedy was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for extremely heroic conduct as Commanding Officer of PT 109 following its sinking in the Pacific War Area on August 1-2, 1943.
Tribute to Jackie Robinson
Sharon Robinson
October 16, 2007
01:29:35
Sharon Robinson and Scott Simon pay tribute to Jackie Robinson during the 60th anniversary year of his having broken the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Conversation with World War II PT Boat Veterans
Richard Keresey
June 27, 2005
01:19:02
Dick Keresey, Paul "Red" Fay, and Bill "Bitter" Battle share their stories of serving on PT Boats in the Solomon Islands at the same time as John F. Kennedy during World War II.
Jeffrey Sachs: Ending Global Poverty
Jeffrey Sachs
March 5, 2002
01:31:23
Jefferey Sachs discuses the challenge of ending the poverty that afflicts so much of the world today.
Patrick Hemingway: The Legacy of Ernest Hemingway
Patrick Hemingway
December 3, 2006
01:16:01
Patrick Hemingway, the son of Ernest Hemingway, discusses his father's writing and legacy with Stanley Katz. The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway's papers.
Future of Islam
Ali A. Allawi
April 27, 2009
01:22:59
Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government, discusses his new book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization, with National Public Radio correspondent Corey Flintoff.
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Combating Global Poverty
Paul Farmer
February 6, 2005
01:28:45
A panel discuss strategies to help eliminate the spread of disease and hunger in the developing world.