02186cam a2200481 i 4500 1546092398 TxAuBib 20240829120000.0 160829t20172015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780804176606 paperback 0804176604 paperback (OCoLC)957022642 TxAuBib rda Makos, Adam, author. Devotion : an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice / Adam Makos. Ballantine trade paperback edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 2017. ©2015. xv, 445 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Tells the "story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper's son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy's first black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn't even serve him in a bar"--Amazon.com. 20240829. Hudner, Tom, 1924-2017. Brown, Jesse Leroy. United States Navy Officers Biography. United States Navy African Americans Biography. Korean War, 1950-1953 United States Biography. Korean War, 1950-1953 Campaigns Korea (North) Changjin Reservoir. Rescues Korea (North) Changjin Reservoir History 20th century. Fighter pilots United States Biography. African American fighter pilots Biography. Interracial friendship. collective biographies. Biographies. fast History. fast Biographies. lcgft