This Day in History: 1943-04-23

British & U.S. offensive directed at Tunis & Bizerta, Africa.  U.S. Navy Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands. (On August 2nd PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, killing two crew members; Kennedy and 10 others survived.)