 In his new role he secretly manned an observation post atop Mount Veve volcano on Kolombangara, a small circular volcanic island, while over 10,000 Japanese soldiers were camped at Vila, on the island's southeastern tip.In the dark early morning hours of 2 August 1943 he spotted the explosion of John F. Kennedy's boat "PT-109", although he did not realise at the time it was an Allied loss.However, at 9