Solomon Islanders who found the survivors of the PT-109 crew
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Biuku Gasa (27 July 1923 – 23 November 2005) and Eroni Kumana (c. 1918[1] – 2 August 2014[2]) were Solomon Islanders of Melanesian descent who found John F. Kennedy and his surviving PT-109 crew following the boat's collision with the Japanese destroyer Amagiri near Plum Pudding Island on 1 August 1943. They were from the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
^Vitello, Paul (16 August 2014). "Eroni Kumana, Who Saved Kennedy and His Shipwrecked Crew, Dies at 96". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^Brown, Rob (6 August 2014). "One of two Solomon Islanders who saved the life of John F Kennedy during the war in the Pacific died on Saturday at the age of 93". BBC. One of two Solomon Islanders who saved the life of John F Kennedy during the war in the Pacific died on Saturday at the age of 93.
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