Thomas Hudner: The MOH Recipient Who Crashed His Plane On Purpose To Get To His Downed Wingman

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October 19 when the Chinese decided to UN forces were caught offguard by the Chinese offensive and by November 30,000 United Nations troops, US Marines and soldiers as well as troops from the United Kingdom and South Korea were surrounded by hundred 20,000 Chinese troops.

Their man-made lake called the chosen reservoir. Among those participated in the battle were flyers from the U.S. Navy that were flying close corporations from nearby aircraft. The bar for you for corsairs pass for 77 through mission after mission in support of the outnumbered UN troops among pilots a pass for 77 were instant.

Jesse L. Brown and Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J Butner Junior they were waiting for my coming from very different Jesse Leroy Brown was born October 13, 1926 in Mississippi, one of six children of impoverished family home that neither central heating nor indoor plumbing problems of African-American, Chickasaw and Choctaw heritage was an unlikely candidate to become a US naval aviator by the fact that prior to Brown America comes to see Hunter Junior came from the other side tracked, born August 31, 1924, 26 where Brown's father worked in a grocery warehouse huggers father on the chain of grocery stores.

Chris Brown walked to school in one room schoolhouse attended an elite preparatory school called Phillips Academy. Although coming from different worlds. They were both star athletes who would follow different paths to become naval aviator.

Brown was described as serious with the unassuming and very intelligent wanted to become a pilot from a young age group reading about the exploits of flyers like Eugene Bullard: partner was inspired to join the Navy by speech for the Phillips Academy headmaster from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Brown attended Ohio State University University where African-Americans were still rarity his advisors and suggest you to the historically black college, he felt he could compete with white students. The more prestigious degree. He studied architectural engineering is here. The navies aviation cadet program. The program work with University Street naval aviator's program did not operate in any historically black colleges. The only way for an African-American to get into the program was to be like Brown, the rare African-American, primarily white University hunger obtain entry to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. Too late. World war. Among his classmates at Annapolis was future US Pres. Jimmy Carter. He was not initially interested in becoming a pilot.

Upon graduation, served on the cruiser USS Helena naval base Pearl Harbor in 1948. He applied for flight school seeking a new challenge Brown enlisted in the US Naval reserve in 19 4600 Ohio State Naval reserve officers training program stipend from the RTC helping to finish financing his great he was still facing an uphill climb of the sum of 5600 ROTC cadets nationwide in 1947, only 14 were black we've been training as a naval flight officer in March was the only black man in the program in October 1948, he became the first black man in US history to earn his naval aviator batch achievement was noted naturally was profiled about the Associated Press like magazine hunger qualified as a naval aviator in August.

Not both men were assigned to Navy fighter squadron BF or the like. USS right in August 1950 via 32, including the two no experience pilots was moved to the Essex class. USS Lake bound for Korea running up the Korean Peninsula in October, USS Lake they were conducting dozens of missions every day Chinese position with rockets; December 4 six aircraft of via 32 under the command of the squadron executive officer took off running. Search and destroy mission overtones around were among 65 the pilots below 700 feet, looking for targets and probing Chinese positions in the course of the mission Brown radio. I think I may have been hit and losing fuel pressure. One of the other pilots noticed that Brown's plaintiff. The cost was likely small arms fire. Chinese troops were trying to fire in concert aircraft losing fuel pressure Brown's plan was never going to make it back to the late you had no choice but to crash land the plane around women folded down from crash landed in the Bolshevik balance of the miles behind enemy lines surround the hard crack fuselage buckled and knows the point twisted wreckage under with to see Brown exit the cockpit was conceived around waving his arm rest of the pilots were circling trying to do with the quote for Brown, the presence may help the Chinese squadron was told that a rescue helicopter had been dispatched, but Hunter could see smoke starting to billow from Brown's plaintiff his wingman, his friend was trapped in the plane and was catching fire. Hunter knew that Brown would not survive in time for the helicopter to arrive.

He made a desperate decision. He radioed on going.

Standing orders were clear when plane crashed up. I was not allowed to risk another plane to try to save Hunter knew that he risk his career and his life when he performed a wheels pork belly landing in the snow near Brown's aircraft. The two were more than wingman. They were friends Brown and married his high school sweetheart Daisy Pearl mix while he was still in flight school and married in secret. Since pilot cadets were not supposed to marry until he completed the training. Their daughter, Pamela, Elise Brown was just two years old when he reached Brown's plan. He found Brown severely injured and lapsing in and out of consciousness. The control panel had collapsed as a fuselage buckled prepping Brown's lay under desperately try to free Brown had no luck. People of a scar from wraparound Brown's freezing hands uses only the shovel snow Brown's engine fire, unable to free Brown went back to his plane and ready for the helicopter to bring free Brown helicopter ride Hunter helicopter pilot Charles Ward work for 45 minutes straight free Brown with Outlook throughout Brown remain call was to be comforting. The cold blood loss was grinning. Brown before he slipped into unconsciousness.

He said tell Daisy how much I love her. I will reply but was going dark helicopter cannot operate hundred and Ward had to leave as he reluctantly left will be back could not have lasted long in the freezing cold water to go back the next day and retreat Brown's remains but they decided it was just too dangerous to the Chinese troops in your body in order to rent the Chinese from recovering Brown's body as well as the wrecks of the two corsairs.

The squadron dropped napalm over the site. Two days later that one of the pilots recited the Lord's prayer 24-year-old Jesse Leroy Brown United States Navy's first black aviator also became the first US black naval officer to die the Korean War wonderfully expected to be court-martialed To the lake and decided instead he said in a message to the press, there has been no finer action of unselfish heroes in military history. On April 13, 1951, Hunter was awarded the medal of honor for his attempt to say Brown Daisy Brown was at the ceremony and the award was presented by Pres. Truman's remark rather been awarded the medal of honor present. Brown broke the color barrier for US Naval aviation inspired an entire new generation of black leaders. He was possibly awarded the Purple Heart air medal distinguished flying Cross, who eventually reached the rank of Capt. maintain close contact with Brown's widow Daisy throughout her life. She passed away in 2014 seven Thomas J Hunter Junior recipient medal of honor passed away November 2079, and a terrific job on the production storytelling by Greg Hendler and a special thanks for the history guide for sharing this from Mark of American history.

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