I believe that there were surgical scars on JFK’s face and foreign objects in his eyes in this photo.

— TVJ — 2/22/22 —

“A Reporter at Large
June 17, 1944 Issue
Survival.

Long before he became President, J.F.K. battled to save himself and his men while adrift in the South Pacific.

By John Hersey

June 10, 1944

PHOTO CAPTION: Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, 1944. Kennedy had served as a PT-Boat Commander in the Pacific in the Second World War.Photograph from Bettmann / Getty.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1944/06/17/survival

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