Caroline Kennedy, Jack Schlossberg honor JFK rescue during WWII

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy along with her son Jack Schlossberg completed a special swim to honor President John F. Kennedy and the 80th anniversary of the miraculous survival story that made him a war hero. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.
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  • @jujubees711
    @jujubees71111 ай бұрын

    When you hear these stories. It's amazing what past generations went through during their lifetime. We have it so easy because of them. Thank you Pres. Kennedy for your service. Please help us through the trying times we face now with our country's political divide.

  • @whomdoyouserve3611

    @whomdoyouserve3611

    10 ай бұрын

    🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

  • @curtissimmons2287

    @curtissimmons2287

    10 ай бұрын

    Her son looks just like her brother it’s creepy

  • @chrisgrace81

    @chrisgrace81

    9 ай бұрын

    Nope, he looks like his dad Ed

  • @maviccabreraballeza6100
    @maviccabreraballeza61009 ай бұрын

    Thank you Pres JFK for your service, and for your inspiring legacy!

  • @deborahcornell171
    @deborahcornell17111 ай бұрын

    There's another bit of the story that should've been mentioned. In the collision/wreck, JFK sustained the back injury that plagued him the rest of his life (remember the rocking chair in the Oval Office?). As they said, he towed a badly injured member of his crew the whole way & during the days & nights they were stranded he would swim back out a fairly long distance to watch for ships. He did all that with his injured back hurting him but he was determined to keep going & to find help for his crew & himself. The story & President Kennedy's actions are even more heroic when you factor in what he was dealing with as he did his best for his men. We lost someone very special when we lost him. 💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙🌿💙

  • @vincedangerio546

    @vincedangerio546

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for bringing that up, as I was surprised she didn’t mention it.

  • @elsiecovington8481

    @elsiecovington8481

    11 ай бұрын

    Caroline son is not as handsome as john jr.

  • @jimmiller2237

    @jimmiller2237

    10 ай бұрын

    He had significant back issues, and other health issues, prior to his WWII service, and was originally rejected for service because of health/back issues.

  • @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@elsiecovington8481JFK jr was very handsome ... no comparison, for sure !

  • @sueandpatrick

    @sueandpatrick

    10 ай бұрын

    He was incredibly brave.

  • @elizabethdevries8028
    @elizabethdevries802811 ай бұрын

    Incredible!

  • @caolanmcflynn2412
    @caolanmcflynn241211 ай бұрын

    One of the best stories of jfk I have ever heard

  • @teresaalfano3879
    @teresaalfano38792 ай бұрын

    What a great American! Thank you to the Kennedy family for carrying on the legacy. 🙏🏻

  • @AndieZ4U2
    @AndieZ4U211 ай бұрын

    ❤ Fantastic ❤

  • @marienosoucy
    @marienosoucy11 ай бұрын

    Very moving

  • @joyhoffmann1334
    @joyhoffmann133411 ай бұрын

    A beautiful tribute to a fantastic human being 😅John Kennedy. This world is not the same loving place it was when he was alive.God how we need this man today!, Thank you Caroline!,,

  • @sueandpatrick

    @sueandpatrick

    10 ай бұрын

    Sadly, Caroline publicly ridiculed her uncle RFK Jr. because he spoke out against the covid vax - not a very nice thing to do.

  • @GBS1043

    @GBS1043

    4 ай бұрын

    @@sueandpatrick NOT UNCLE, COUSIN !

  • @Ncaa67
    @Ncaa673 ай бұрын

    I never knew, thank you

  • @joeyxc4
    @joeyxc410 ай бұрын

    My father kept a picture of Kennedy and the picture of the coconut on his dresser for my whole life

  • @brunon44
    @brunon44Ай бұрын

    Nearly one million American troops passed through Australia and there was a large unfortunate group left behind...the Abandoned Overseas Children of American Servicemen. A small percentage are still alive.

  • @frankcarter7146
    @frankcarter714611 ай бұрын

    Outstanding

  • @janetpartyka5968
    @janetpartyka596810 ай бұрын

    It just shows you the courage and strength P.K. and his men had.

  • @joyhoffmann1334
    @joyhoffmann133411 ай бұрын

    How I miss John !!!!

  • @mikewhite4560

    @mikewhite4560

    10 ай бұрын

    The PRESIDENT I HOPE 😊

  • @stujew57
    @stujew5711 ай бұрын

    JFK and his crew were true heros. Sad that their story is remembered only because he went on the be famous. One wonders how many other such stories are now forgotten since none of the participants went on to be famous...

  • @brentfisher6484
    @brentfisher648411 ай бұрын

    What a poignant and charming story. Nice to be reminded of the greatness of many of our political heros.

  • @sueandpatrick

    @sueandpatrick

    10 ай бұрын

    Correction: not political heroes - AMERICAN heroes from the Greatest Generation. Now we have men that think they're women!!!

  • @johnmilanmusic7706

    @johnmilanmusic7706

    9 ай бұрын

    What other politicians are war heroes?

  • @robertravensbergen8375
    @robertravensbergen837510 ай бұрын

    When ur a war hero but ur grandson honors you with goggles

  • @WILLIAMFREDERICKMOSELEY-ox7jw
    @WILLIAMFREDERICKMOSELEY-ox7jw10 ай бұрын

    I'm happy to see that she and her son showed gratitude to the descendants of "the native".

  • @user-eo9ie7zn9p
    @user-eo9ie7zn9p5 ай бұрын

    Brave people.🎉🎉🎉

  • @harveypost1841
    @harveypost184110 ай бұрын

    Well Caroline I'm glad ur happy..long time no c soccer game..can't apologize for my first name .although I sumtimes wish I was named after grandfather John. Not doctor harvey. 😊

  • @Moral_Imperative
    @Moral_Imperative4 ай бұрын

    Did everybody catch the word "maybe" from the reporter?

  • @user-ho2pf5mj5g
    @user-ho2pf5mj5g4 ай бұрын

    💛

  • @jerryhalma4065
    @jerryhalma40659 ай бұрын

    Him I can’t stand!

  • @MrElliotc02
    @MrElliotc02Ай бұрын

    Caroline looks great and such a handsome son.

  • @jb7591
    @jb7591Ай бұрын

    Australian coast watcher, Reg Evans coordinated the rescue of JFK & the others. In 1961 JFK invited Evans to the White House where the two reunited. Quite a remarkable story.

  • @americansunbeam
    @americansunbeam9 ай бұрын

    KENNEDYS PLEASE GO AWAY...YOU HAVE NOT REPRESENTED THE NOBLE SIDE OF OUR COUNTRY!

  • @patrickconley2091

    @patrickconley2091

    7 күн бұрын

    Kennedy stood between the world and nuclear annihilation at a time in which the U.S. military would have launched missiles in October of 1962

  • @kate7478
    @kate747810 ай бұрын

    Looking forward to voting for Kennedy. Another bridge builder for peace.

  • @reneekad
    @reneekad9 ай бұрын

    For me it means follow JOs lead

  • @DIDYOUSEETHAT172
    @DIDYOUSEETHAT17210 ай бұрын

    Saw the movies PT 109 a couple years ago on line. Excellent movie Cliff Robertson as JFK. Might even have been on YT.

  • @Louise-gg4mf
    @Louise-gg4mf11 ай бұрын

    Uncle Ted would be so embarrassed by Jack’s criticism of RFJ JR who many of us love and admire.

  • @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    11 ай бұрын

    I totally agree 💥

  • @johnpickford4222

    @johnpickford4222

    11 ай бұрын

    @Louise-gg4mf: What exactly do you admire about RFK Jr.? His devotion to his three wives, one of which killed herself? His affairs while married? His stupidity about the menace of COVID vaccines which saved lives? His retractions about race relations that he was forced to make? Unfortunately the elder sons of Robert and Ethel Kennedy are loose cannons and his presence on the ‘campaign’ trail only builds support for President Biden. But I could be wrong, so explain why RFK Jr. is the man of the moment who should be the next US President, assuming Trump is found innocent of indictments and wins the election.

  • @mikewhite4560

    @mikewhite4560

    10 ай бұрын

    Chappaqudick TED would be EMBARASSED by Criticism? The ANTIVAKER has it Coming😅

  • @davediamond7228

    @davediamond7228

    10 ай бұрын

    sorry genius, but rfk jr has none of the qualities his father or uncle john had....and his charisma is less then what his uncle ted had ..which was near zero

  • @garysouza95

    @garysouza95

    10 ай бұрын

    JFK would be appalled at his lack of reason, the anti- science attitude and embrace of Q-Anon.

  • @reneekad
    @reneekad9 ай бұрын

    Melody

  • @B1900pilot
    @B1900pilot9 ай бұрын

    The President was a very strong swimmer, and I don’t think they’d have survived had they not made that swim. If they had been discovered by the Japanese they’d likely have been killed by the Japanese…And, in addition to the Solomon Islanders, let’s not forget the Australian Coastwatcher…

  • @TrayDyer38
    @TrayDyer388 ай бұрын

    Regardless if it’s myth or legend it was a desperate experience for all who survived.. 7 days surviving oppressive tropic heat with a busted back and enemy patrolling speaks for itself.

  • @Hollergirlohio
    @HollergirlohioАй бұрын

    The movie is great but it need an accurate account. Im sure JFK knew his crew before landing on the island.

  • @jamesgoldstien1468
    @jamesgoldstien146824 күн бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @anndurcan9540
    @anndurcan954010 ай бұрын

    Caroline is a nice humble smart lady,and her son is intelligent too!

  • @jeannepeacock8598

    @jeannepeacock8598

    23 күн бұрын

    Naahhhh

  • @jontalbot1
    @jontalbot111 ай бұрын

    I have been to Kennedy Island a few times. Just had to say it

  • @danielroyer6005
    @danielroyer600511 ай бұрын

    I'd need to know who Caroline Kennedy is played by!

  • @marknelson2846

    @marknelson2846

    11 ай бұрын

    It's her. Really.

  • @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    11 ай бұрын

    🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @2468HOTROD

    @2468HOTROD

    11 ай бұрын

    Alcohol and cigarettes!

  • @davediamond7228

    @davediamond7228

    10 ай бұрын

    @@2468HOTROD genius, she is 65...age and genetics seems to put wrinkles on our faces...

  • @2468HOTROD

    @2468HOTROD

    10 ай бұрын

    Well I'm 75 and I don't have any wrinkles but I'm lucky I guess. And I love Caroline and her family.@@davediamond7228

  • @collinehays526
    @collinehays52611 ай бұрын

    God Bless the Kennedy families they have suffered a lot of tragèdies 😂❤❤❤❤❤

  • @carolecampbell8813

    @carolecampbell8813

    10 ай бұрын

    Many due to their own actions!!!!

  • @user-uo7yv3fy4y
    @user-uo7yv3fy4y11 ай бұрын

    Los Kennedy son una mosca a mi lado en cuestiones políticas

  • @janetpartyka5968
    @janetpartyka596810 ай бұрын

    Pitch black. Can you imagine?

  • @brianjenkins3092
    @brianjenkins309211 ай бұрын

    Moving story of a great hero, nudist,president,bravado unparalleled no other!

  • @stevenuanna4747
    @stevenuanna474711 ай бұрын

    A movie was made about this “PT109” but the whole story has not been told. JFK rallied his men and stepped up as their leader. 2 natives from a nearby island carried a message JFK carved on a coconut to allied forces resulting in the rescue of PT109. The natives, Seventh Day Adventist converts, kept the crews hopes up by singing hymns with them including the children’s song Jesus Loves Me. JFK invited the natives to his inaugural but they were bamboozled by island “officials” out of going. The coconut was encased in glass and sat on JFK’s desk in the Oval Office. JFK corresponded with the natives, acknowledging God’s Providence to him and his crew. JFK’s story has not really been told. Like the last line of the “Undelivered Speech” that JFK was on his way to deliver when he was gunned down in Dealey Plaza - EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN. Psalm 127:1 Perhaps the seed that was beginning to sprout when JFK was murdered had been planted by these two natives back in WW II. JFK was all too human, but I believe he felt the same responsibility for America as he did for the crew of the PT 109. Thank you Caroline for making the swim. You grew up without a father. Rest assured he was a great man.

  • @teresalegler2777

    @teresalegler2777

    11 ай бұрын

    Caroline had several years with her father before his untimely death. The entire Kennedy family surrounding them with love, encouragement and steadfast devotion to keep their father’s memory ever present throughout their lives.

  • @stevenuanna4747

    @stevenuanna4747

    11 ай бұрын

    @@teresalegler2777 Untimely?

  • @garysouza95

    @garysouza95

    10 ай бұрын

    The night after the collision, JFK swam into Ferguson Passage, a regular PT boat route in the Solomons. He swam for an hour and a half, treaded water until he saw flares from an engagement at Gizo Island, ten miles away. Exhausted, the current carried him to the open sea as he tried swimming back. He gave up, still holding his signal lantern, and passed out. The current carried him in a circle, until he awoke back where he saw the flares. He finally made it back to his men. In a life filled with illness and pain, this deliverance from death saved us all, for as President he fought the military industrial complex as it worked to checkmate him into a nuclear war, and succeeded at holding them off at the cost of his life. Thank you, sir.

  • @garysouza95

    @garysouza95

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@stevenuanna4747He was assassinated by the Unspeakable as he worked with Khrushchev toward disarmament and peace.

  • @johncarsone1579
    @johncarsone157911 ай бұрын

    It is so wonderful to see this young man who looks so much & sounds so much like JFK. The U.S. has never been the same since November 1963.❤

  • @cestmoidaisylou

    @cestmoidaisylou

    11 ай бұрын

    That kid looks just like his father.

  • @akrenwinkle

    @akrenwinkle

    11 ай бұрын

    @@cestmoidaisylou Both look like male mammals. The similarity ends there.

  • @JimmiAlli
    @JimmiAlli11 ай бұрын

    Caroline is lovely

  • @teresalegler2777

    @teresalegler2777

    11 ай бұрын

    And very intelligent like both of her parents.

  • @stevenuanna4747

    @stevenuanna4747

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes she is. Beauty and brains. President Truman’s daughter Margaret had both too. Both had/have high intellects and opinions worth considering. They understand history and America’s place in it.

  • @carolecampbell8813

    @carolecampbell8813

    10 ай бұрын

    After they removed 6" of wrinkled skin from her face I guess you might say that.

  • @JimmiAlli

    @JimmiAlli

    10 ай бұрын

    @@carolecampbell8813 when we are perfect we can make such remarks.

  • @annwilliams4638
    @annwilliams463811 ай бұрын

    Family legacy

  • @stephaniestanley8041
    @stephaniestanley804110 ай бұрын

    ❤The collective heart and strength of greatness

  • @zherin2063
    @zherin20639 ай бұрын

    Sharks and gators? Count me out.

  • @user-ho2pf5mj5g
    @user-ho2pf5mj5g4 ай бұрын

    ☘️⚜️🌹🤍

  • @jx14aby
    @jx14aby11 ай бұрын

    I guess those shark-infested waters aren't so shark-infested.

  • @Chrisfeb68
    @Chrisfeb686 ай бұрын

    I wonder what Kennedy would think of the Democratic Party today and liberals today. I think he would be shocked and disappointed.

  • @clementziaclemenzia4917
    @clementziaclemenzia491711 ай бұрын

    Establishment puppets.

  • @mikewhite4560

    @mikewhite4560

    10 ай бұрын

    It's not the Host of CELEBRITY APPRENTICE..LOL 😮

  • @bushrazawi2381
    @bushrazawi23812 ай бұрын

    USA president

  • @gavinbarnes6310
    @gavinbarnes631011 ай бұрын

    RFK24

  • @jx14aby

    @jx14aby

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm happy to vote for a Kennedy. Didn't have that chance when I was younger.

  • @teresalegler2777

    @teresalegler2777

    11 ай бұрын

    RFK, Jr, is nothing like either his father or JFK.

  • @stevenuanna4747

    @stevenuanna4747

    11 ай бұрын

    @@teresalegler2777 True, but he’s probably got a pretty good idea who was behind their assassinations. And he probably knows the sons and daughters of those assassins are still in Washington DC. RFK Jr. is a brave man.

  • @jx14aby

    @jx14aby

    11 ай бұрын

    @@teresalegler2777 His father and uncle are dead. Murdered. Why do you mock a man running for president to save our country? You really think that Donald Trump or Joe Biden make a better president? Really?

  • @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@stevenuanna4747of course he knows, just like anyone with a brain cell knows... JFK jr knew, he swore to take down the evil cabal... 💥

  • @GalateaPolifemo
    @GalateaPolifemo10 ай бұрын

    It’s good this creature doesn’t look like a Kennedy.

  • @1largelaw
    @1largelaw11 ай бұрын

    The grandson that smears his uncle RFK jr shows his real character...poor.

  • @mikewhite4560

    @mikewhite4560

    10 ай бұрын

    Opinion in AMERICA are now ILLEGAL or only an ANTIVAKER are Real? WE ARE FAMILY 😅

  • @thehapagirl92

    @thehapagirl92

    10 ай бұрын

    RFK Jr is his second cousin

  • @MissAshley-jq9gl

    @MissAshley-jq9gl

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@thehapagirl92 Wait, wouldn't RFK JR be his first cousin 1 removed because you're taking away a generation?

  • @judyscansaroli1908
    @judyscansaroli19082 ай бұрын

    Why would anyone vote for biden?????

  • @davediamond7228
    @davediamond722810 ай бұрын

    JFK swimming the seas for his crew.... conald trump swimming the swamp with his crew

  • @SusanCox-pl9qp
    @SusanCox-pl9qp9 ай бұрын

    I have had it up to my eyeballs with this Kennedy family.

  • @elviamartinez4162

    @elviamartinez4162

    7 ай бұрын

    Then don’t watch ! Duh

  • @gusdangerous
    @gusdangerous9 ай бұрын

    Too bad there were no sharks in the water. Missed opportunity to enjoy a preppy brat lunch.

  • @SongvilayFilms
    @SongvilayFilms11 ай бұрын

    Has everyone suddenly forgotten about the smear video that her son put out on RFK JR?

  • @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    @OliverSimon-yr2ny

    11 ай бұрын

    I'll never forget his audacity for that video, I'm shocked his mom allowed him to do it... how dare he ?

  • @darcyhodges309

    @darcyhodges309

    11 ай бұрын

    She sure hasn’t aged well…

  • @stevenuanna4747

    @stevenuanna4747

    10 ай бұрын

    @@darcyhodges309She’s been through the mill... almost killed by a car bomb in London in 1975...she is beautiful and the old expression “She’s got what it takes” applies to Caroline. She’s got it.

  • @stevenmalham2234

    @stevenmalham2234

    10 ай бұрын

    @@OliverSimon-yr2ny Called freedom of speech and the press, including broadcast media.

  • @mikewhite4560

    @mikewhite4560

    10 ай бұрын

    Loved it. 😅

  • @bullterror5
    @bullterror53 ай бұрын

    PAY YOUR BILLS!

  • @CyberdyneSystems10161

    @CyberdyneSystems10161

    8 күн бұрын

    AND EAT YOUR SPAGHETTI!!!!

  • @bullterror5
    @bullterror53 ай бұрын

    BETSY DEVOS OWNS YOU!

  • @lizadivine3785

    @lizadivine3785

    2 ай бұрын

    Tell us more!

  • @TheOfficialJackUniverse
    @TheOfficialJackUniverse2 ай бұрын

    💚💚

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