Kennedy Island

Kennedy Island

Kennedy Island (colloquially known as Plum Pudding Island though the correct local name is Kasolo Island) is an island in the Solomon Islands that was named after John F. Kennedy. The island is remembered to be the area Lt. John F. Kennedy had aided his injured crew after his boat, the PT-109, was rammed by the Japanese Destroyer Amagiri in World War II. Two people died in the accident. The island itself lies 15 minutes by boat from the provincial capital of the Western Province, Gizo.


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