not forget". Gasa died on 23 November 2005, the 42nd anniversary of Kennedy's assassination (for countries west of the International Date Line). Eroni Kumana said he was 78 in 2003, and would have been 18 in 1943. Also schooled by Adventist missionaries, he lived in Konqu Village, Ranongga Island. He was seen in National Geographic photographs with a hat and a T-shirt that read "I rescued JFK". Kumana created a shrine with an obelisk to JFK, and appointed him honorary chief. Kumana died on 2 August 2014, 71 years to the day after the search mission began. He was 96. See also History of the Solomon Islands References External links National Geographic "JFK's Island Rescuers Honored at Emotional Reunion" Ted Chamberlain 20 November 2002 Taem Blong Faet: World War Two in Melanesia Journal article by Franz Broswimmer; Oceania, Vol. 64, 1993 "Eroni Kumana Gets His Flag" Associated Press, 2 September 2007 Solomon Islands sailors People from the Western Province (Solomon Islands) Solomon Islands in World War II John F. Kennedy History of the Solomon Islands Duos British Solomon Islands people