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a i EWS 7 itHE BATTALION Thursday, July 1 1, 2002 7. July H 'ice must 13 1 possess# oesn’t sell, I for the 5 early. 's Animal [ erpels.org a great selec: ion! 979-82C- STATE home, g. Enclosefl::, >rage. 775-i; iweiss Suto.: lining. 2040sr system Ssr 1176. It, on 3/4-80: 76-0014. ATES ommaie Prane. eded, A^<: Pets »ecy Hangin’ tough Junior telecommunications engineering major Daniel Trevino performs pullups at Spence Park on Wednesday afternoon with other members of his Ranger Challenge Team. The RANDAL FORD • THE BATTALION Ranger Challenge Team, one of the most elite organizations within the Corps of Cadets, trains members to go to Ranger and Infantry school in the Army after college. eded. 3tx! r .£ d yard, $£-. 9-0941 2bdrm2tr S400n JS, NP. KQ needed to ock Prate % Is, istiw? (979)3ti/:' Discovery of Kennedy’s PT-109 boat confirmed Wreckage has been missing for nearly 60 years needec 40/mo •' lampe; I SAP : . . Pte- )drn5 . ST I first' sdec itSfe id yard, ^ 1 s.979-77W1« obile domes':' paid. Callt^ -6350. ;e, Bayou- 11 50/mo. 5 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The undersea explorer who dis- covered the Titanic announced Wednesday that he has found I PT-109, the torpedo boat com manded by John F. Kennedy during World War II. Robert Ballard said the l wreck is in 1,200 feet of water I in the South Pacific, near the [Solomon Islands, where the ;boat went down in 1943 after jbeing hit by a Japanese (destroyer. The Navy said that based on he location and type of weapon- y found, the wreck is probably hat of the famous vessel. Ballard said the wreck, Which was found in May, will be |eft where it is. “We have an understanding ith the Kennedy family as well s others who lost loved ones — here were two people lost from he boat — that we will not dis- urb the site and we will not dig t up,” he said. II Eventually, the site might iSAPi 3M become part of Ballard’s $350/mo > pi annet | ne twork of underwater museums accessible over the 5 own bed/’‘i f ntern et. But he said it would 'dprobably be years before that happens, given the technology ,nce to« r: Required. PT i n e wanted. 13/mo. 695-1 jeded. bdnn/2btli<v; cess. 6675 PT-109 was rammed early °ri the morning of Aug. 2, esT95^ 1943. The destroyer was drm/2btli H believed to have struck no..unfurm Kennedy’s 80-foot boat amid- ship, slicing it in two. But Ballard said it appears PT-109 DillS all Female _ $400/niout Was actually struck a glancing lex. 696-66- blow that sheared off only a portion of the stern. The 1 1 surviving crewmen clung to the slowly sinking bow, then swam to a small island. Kennedy towed an injured crew man to shore by swimming with a strap from the man’s lifejacket in his teeth. The future president was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and a Purple Heart. The episode was drama tized in a 1963 movie. Ballard, who has also explored such shipwrecks as the Bismarck, the Lusitania and the Yorktown, searched the bottom of the sea with a remotely oper ated vehicle and found a loaded torpedo tube and a few pieces of gear jutting from the sand. The torpedo and launching tube are exact matches for equipment used only on PT boats until 1944, a Naval Historical Center expert said. “A check of Navy records indicates that no other PT-type vessels were lost in this loca tion,” the Navy said in a state ment. “This information com bined with the physical evidence suggests that this is likely the wreck of the PT-109.” Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Mass., said Ballard and the National Geographic Society should be commended for the research. “Finding PT-109 is especial ly meaningful to the members of my family, but we also believe it represents the story of all the brave young men who fought with such courage in the South Pacific to ensure victory during World War II,” Kennedy said in a statement. Kennedy’s PT Boat found in Pacific After almost 59 years of being lost in the Pacific, a shipwreck hunter found the World War II patrol boat commanded by John F. Kennedy. Displacement — 38 tons Length — 80 feet Speeds-41 knots Armament — Four 21 inch torpedoes and one 20 mm, .50 cal gun Crew — Accommodations for three officers and 14 men John F. Kennedy’s PT-109 boat found - New Georgia Pacific Ocean Santa Isabel ’’Oj.SOLOMON .. ici Akin<£, Y SOURCES; Associated Press; U S. Naw: ESRI ES iriving- Ll " dismiss 31 ' 1 6pm-9pw i Fri(6P^ 1-2:3® We Are America's #1 Brake Service Company! Why do so many women shop at Midas? at(8am- Wall<-i6 s alio"- price 217. lope rra; 395-919 3 ;, 3 e er Cou f " D oget^ -2378. IED AIR •CONDITIONING; INSPECTION S !$ i 1A95 cu X \ cu 2818 Ask For Kevin Store Hours: Mon-Sat 7:00atn~6:00pm 2715 S. 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