In the gruesome battle for Guadalcanal, David Levy was skipper of
PT 59, one of several Patrol/Torpedo boats that were among the
first U.S. Navy vessels to engage Japanese warships at the
beginning of World War II. Dave's wartime experiences in the South
Pacific marked one of the most transformative periods in his life.
In the Navy he quickly learned to assume a "deal-maker" persona
that helped him get along with fellow PT boat skippers, many of
whom, like future president John F. Kennedy, came from privileged
East Coast families. He got to be known in the Navy by the nickname
"Hogan," famous as "the guy to go to," who could get things done,
organize parties well-stocked with liquor and women, obtain
supplies when none seemed available, and, in those early, desperate
days of the battle for Guadalcanal, also perform in the top ranks
of competent PT boat skippers. The PT boats were small,
maneuverable, and fast, and they were given the seemingly
impossible mission of regularly engaging and sinking the much
larger and more numerous destroyers, cruisers, and battleships of
the Imperial Japanese Navy. Dave's PT 59 was in the thick of all
the action. These brave PT boat skippers, many of whom were
graduates of Ivy League colleges or the U.S. Naval Academy, were a
hard-partying group, and their "fast times" during World War II
epitomized the intensity with which life was lived by those who,
like Dave, were fully engaged in the deadly struggles of the
Pacific War. Dave's wartime experiences shaped the rest of his
life, a long journey that has included a successful law career,
annual ski trips to his vacation home in Aspen since the early
1950s, and fishing all over the world.
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