1943, John F. Kennedy, as a captain of the US Navy, was unfortunately injured and fell into the sea during a fierce battle with the Japanese army in Solomon Islands. In "Fight to the Death", Eroni Kumana, a local native, and his companions risked their lives to send him a coconut shell engraved with a message for help. This coconut shell broke through the sea surrounded by the Japanese army and finally successfully moved to the allied forces to rescue Kennedy.

It is reported that the torpedo boat "PT- 109" commanded by Kennedy was split in two by the Japanese destroyer "Tianwu", and two sailors on board were killed. The injured Kennedy and other people on board 10 escaped and swam to a distant island. Afraid of being discovered by Japanese warships, Kennedy and his companions can only choose to drift carefully at sea and try to find allied warships. A few days later, they finally landed on Nauru Island near the equator. After Kennedy went ashore, he happened to be with two natives looking for food and clothes on the wrecked Japanese warship-Ellony, 2 1 year old? Ku mana and his partner Yuku? Gaza-Meet by chance. The latter was employed by allied war scouts at that time.

Later, Kennedy and his companions began to find ways to get in touch with the troops. He wrote the following words on a blue coconut shell: "Nora Island; Indigenous people know the location; He can drive a car; 1 1 people are alive; Need a boat-Kennedy. " Then, Kumana and Ghaza risked their lives and rowed 35 miles (56 kilometers) through Japanese-controlled waters. Finally, they sent this "coconut letter" containing important information to the allied naval base in the port of Rendova. Finally, Kennedy and others were finally rescued by the US Navy after drifting at sea for six days.

The surviving Kennedy became a war hero after returning to China and was awarded the "US Marine Corps Medal". However, the heroic deeds of Kumana and Ghaza have never been recognized. 196 1 year, when Kennedy was elected president of the United States, he also invited them to attend his inauguration ceremony in the United States, but Solomon Islands officials appointed other representatives to attend on the grounds that Kumana and Gaza were "vulgar in appearance".

In mid-August, Danny, a businessman from Solomon Islands who is familiar with Kumana, revealed the situation of Kumana to the US Navy patrolling around Solomon. This unknown native finally surfaced after 64 years. A few days ago, when the US Navy battleship "Peleliu" visited Solomon Islands, US Secretary of the Navy Donald? Winter personally presented Kumana with gifts including an American flag, and awarded the Medal of Honor and $65,438 +0.500 to the elderly Kumana. Now 85-year-old Kumana is almost completely deaf, and part of the shell of "Life-saving Coconut" is now kept in the Kennedy Library in Boston, USA.