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John F Kennedy swam to this Solomon Islands atoll when he and his crew were shipwrecked during World War II

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They were helped by local Biuku Gasa, now 80, who carried a message to an Australian operative in the area

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The Kennedy family built a house for Biuku Gasa in recognition of his actions

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The story of Kennedy's PT-109 patrol boat made the future president a wartime - and local - hero

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Nowadays, most visitors to the island are local children

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In some ways life has not changed much - this man is splitting vines to make rope