| Description |
xv, 445 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-436). |
| Summary |
Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviator duo: Lieutenant Tom Hudner, a white New Englander from the country-club scene, and Ensign Jesse Brown, an African American sharecropper’s son from Mississippi. Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighter planes for his country. Jesse became the navy’s first black carrier pilot to defend a nation that wouldn’t even serve him in a bar. While much of America remained divided by segregation, Jesse and Tom joined forces as wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32. Adam Makos takes us into the cockpit as these bold young aviators cut their teeth at the world’s most dangerous job—landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier—a line of work that Jesse’s young wife, Daisy, struggles to accept. Then comes the war no one expected, in faraway Korea. |
| Contents |
Ghosts and shadows -- The lesson of a lifetime -- Swimming with snakes -- The woods -- The renaissance man -- This is flying -- So far, so fast -- The ring -- The pond -- One for the vultures -- A time for faith -- A deadly business --A knock in the night -- The dancing fleet -- The reunion -- Only in France -- The friendly invasion -- At first sight -- On waves to war -- The longest step -- The last night in America -- The beast in the gorge -- Into the fog -- This is st -- Trust -- He might be a flyer -- Home -- The first battle of World War III -- The sky will be black -- A chill in the night -- A taste of the dirt -- When the deer come running -- Backs to the wall -- A smoke in the cold -- The lost legion -- Burning the woods -- Into hell together -- All the faith in the world -- Unease -- With deep regret -- To the finish -- The gift -- The call from the capital -- The message. |
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Hudner, Tom, 1924-
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Brown, Jesse Leroy.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir.
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Rescues -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir -- History -- 20th century.
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Fighter pilots -- Biography.
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African American fighter pilots -- Biography.
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Interracial friendship.
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United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Navy -- African Americans -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780804176583 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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