in 43 they put to sea 13 men and kennedy aboard the pt-109 to fight the brazen enemyand on the isle of olusana in the street beyond larue a jap destroyer in the night cut the 109and two smoking fire upon the sea everywhere they looked was the enemythe heathen gods of old japan yeah they thought they had the best of a mighty good manon the coast of columbangero looking to his telescope australian evans saw the battlefar the crew had little hope two were deadsome were dying all were clinging to the bow fighting fire and fighting water trying to savetheir lives somehow smoking fire upon the sea everywhere they looked was the enemythe heathen gods of old japan yeah they thought they had the best of a mighty good manback behind the irishmanso badly he couldn't swim leave me here go on he said cause if you don't we'll all be deadthe pt skipper couldn't leave him a man to die alone at sea with a strap between his teethhe towed the irishman through the seasmoking fire upon the sea everywhere they looked was the enemy the heathen gods of old japan yeahthey thought they had the best of a mighty good manhe led his men through waters dark rocky reefs and hungry sharksbrave the enemy's bayonets a 38 hung round his neck four more days and four more nightsthe rescue boat pulled into sight the pt 109 was gone but kennedy and his crew lived onnow who would guessor who could possibly know that this same man named kennedywould be the leader of the nation be the one to take command the pt 109 was gonebut kennedy lived to fight againsmoking fire upon the sea everywhere they looked was the enemy but jfk and his crew lived onwhich proves it's hard to get the best of a man named johnbig john