Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)
    

PT-109 was a Patrol Torpedo boat commanded by Lieutenant, junior grade John F. 
Kennedy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kennedy’s actions to save his  
crew during the sinking of their boat after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer
off Ghizo Island. made him a war hero and proved helpful in his political career.  

After Kennedy became president, the incident inspired a song,many books, movies,
and various television series, The wreck of PT-109 was discovered in May of 2002
by Robert Ballard, a former U.S.Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at
the University of Rhode Island.

Dr. Robert Ballard
 

 
Scale model of PT-109

1962

      Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843)

Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet
who wrote the lyrics to the United States’ national anthem, "The Star-
Spangled Banner". From 1818 until his death, Key was associated
with the American Bible Society.

Artists depiction of Francis Scott Key with Fort McHenry in
the background during the Battle of Baltimore on the night 
of September 13–14, 1814
 

The WAVES, created by legislation signed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, became a World War II division of the U.S. Navy, and
consisted entirely of women. The name was the acronym for "Women
Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service”.

Mildred McAfee (below), President of Wellesley College, was sworn in
as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander in early August of 1942. She
was the first female commissioned officer in U.S. Navy history, and the
first director of the WAVES.