Editing PT boat (section)

==Boats==
[[File:PT-109 crew.jpg|thumb|right|Lieutenant (junior grade) [[John F. Kennedy|John Kennedy]] (right) with his ''[[Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109|PT-109]]'' crew]]

Many PT boats became famous during and after World War II:
*''[[Motor Torpedo Boat PT-41|PT-41]]'', commanded by Ensign [[George E. Cox, Jr. USNR]], carried General [[Douglas MacArthur]] in his [[Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines|escape from Corregidor Island, Philippines]]. Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley, commanding officer of MTBRON&nbsp;3, was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his operations in the Philippines before rescuing MacArthur. Bulkeley's story inspired a book and the movie ''[[They Were Expendable]]'', which was based on it. ''PT-41'' was the flagship of MTBRON&nbsp;3, based in the [[Philippine Islands|Philippines]] in 1941–1942.
*[[Life (magazine)|''Life'' magazine]] published an article about the PT boat captains in the battles off Guadalcanal, featuring the exploits of Lieutenants "Stilly" Taylor, Leonard A. Nikoloric, Lester Gamble, and Robert and John Searles; the article mentioned many boats in MTB Squadrons [[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two (United States)|Two]] and [[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five (United States)|Five]] (in particular, ''PT-36'', ''PT-37'', ''PT-39'', ''PT-44'', ''PT-46'', [[Patrol torpedo boat PT-48|''PT-48'']], ''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-59|PT-59]]'', ''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-109|PT-109]]'', ''PT-115'', and ''PT-123'').
*Other PT boats gaining fame during the war were ''PT-363'' and ''PT-489'', the boats used by Lieutenant Commander [[Arthur Murray Preston|Murray Preston]] to rescue a downed aviator in Wasile Bay<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptboats.org/20-07-05-reports-007.html |title=PT Boats, Inc.- Action Report – Into Action, Southwest Pacific Return to the Philippines (15 September 1944) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731141643/http://www.ptboats.org/20-07-05-reports-007.html |archive-date=31 July 2010 |website= Ptboats.org}}</ref> off [[Halmahera]] Island, for which Preston was awarded the Medal of Honor.
*''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-109|PT-109]]'', commanded by [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant, junior grade]], John F. Kennedy, was made famous through [[Robert J. Donovan]]'s 1961 book '' PT-109: John F. Kennedy in World War II'' and the 1963 film based on it, [[PT 109 (film)|''PT 109'']].
*''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-59|PT-59]]'' was commanded by Kennedy after the loss of ''PT-109''. Its remains have (possibly) been discovered in the [[Harlem River]] in the [[Inwood, Manhattan]], section in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Michael |last=Kaplan |url=https://nypost.com/2017/05/27/jfks-wwii-boat-may-be-at-the-bottom-of-the-harlem-river/ |title=JFK's WWII boat may be at the bottom of the Harlem River |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=24 September 2018  |website=nypost.com |archive-date=6 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806055012/https://nypost.com/2017/05/27/jfks-wwii-boat-may-be-at-the-bottom-of-the-harlem-river/ |url-status=live}}</ref>