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Transcript: Interview: Neal Conan discusses the discovery of PT-109
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- Talk of the Nation (NPR)
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- July 11, 2002
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Interview: Neal Conan discusses the discovery of PT-109
Host: DOUG FABRIZIO
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
DOUG FABRIZIO, host:
A National Geographic expedition to the South Pacific has found the
wreck of PT-109 beneath 1,200 feet of water in the Solomon Islands.
PT-109, of course, was under the command of a young John F. Kennedy
when it was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer in August of 1943.
The expedition was led by underwater explorer Robert Ballard, and
our Neal Conan went along. You may have heard his Radio Expedition
reports on "Morning Edition" this week. And Neal joins us now by
phone from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he's on vacation.
Hi, Neal. ...