{"id":111488,"date":"2021-03-17T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=111488"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:56:20","slug":"incredible-story-of-valor-and-brotherhood-from-the-korean-war-coming-to-the-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=111488","title":{"rendered":"Incredible story of valor and brotherhood from the Korean War coming to the big screen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ensign Jesse Brown, USN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The story of best friends and wingmen Ensign Jesse Brown, the first black naval aviator and the first black naval officer to die in the Korean War and then-Lieutenant (j.g.) Thomas Hudner. Flying F4U Corsairs over the Chosin Reservoir, Brown would be shot down. Hudner saw his comrade had crashed, wheels up, and was moving in his cockpit. As Hudner circled, he could see Brown’s plane catch fire, but Brown wasn’t getting out.<\/p>\n

Hudner then crash landed his own plane to go to aid Brown. Finding Brown alive, but trapped, Hudner refused to leave his wingman. The small fire extinguisher exhausted, Hudner attempted to douse the flames with snow.<\/p>\n

Hudner personally led the extrication attempt once the rescue helicopter arrived. Unable to free Brown, with his strength rapidly failing, Hudner was forced to leave behind his best friend.<\/p>\n

Brown’s last words were to tell his wife he loved her. Hudner’s last words to him were \u201cWe\u2019ll come back for you.\u201d The latter promise was finally kept, decades later, as documented by Hondo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hudner received the Medal of Honor for his bravery, while Ensign Brown received a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross. If the story sounds familiar, we’ve discussed it before. AW1Ed did a Valor Friday segment<\/a> on the men and Jonn posted when Captain Hudner passed<\/a> and was interred<\/a> at Arlington.<\/p>\n

The story will now be coming to theaters. Military.com reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Hollywood hasn\u2019t made a Korean War movie in decades, but one of the era\u2019s most moving stories inspired a movie that\u2019s now in production.<\/p>\n

Based on Adam Makos\u2019 bestselling book \u201cDevotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice,\u201d the movie chronicles the close friendship between Navy aviators Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner and their heroism during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Majors, currently starring in \u201cDa 5 Bloods\u201d and \u201cLovecraft Country,\u201d stars as Brown, and Glen Powell, soon to be seen as Hangman in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d plays Hudner. The film is directed by J.D. Dillard and has been on location in Savannah, Georgia, this spring.<\/p>\n

The two aviators were close friends before Brown was shot down on Dec. 4, 1950, while providing air cover for the Marines pinned down at Chosin Reservoir. Hudner was flying overhead and crashed his own plane in a rescue attempt to save Brown.<\/p>\n

Brown didn\u2019t survive that day, but Hudner later received the Medal of Honor for his actions as he tried to save his friend and fellow aviator.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevotion\u201d is the working title for the movie, and it\u2019s being produced by Black Label Media for Sony Pictures. Black Label knows how to make war movies and tell stories of heroism. Over the past few years, they\u2019ve brought us the Afghanistan war movie \u201c12 Strong,\u201d firefighter drama \u201cOnly the Brave\u201d and both \u201cSicario\u201d movies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know about Glen Powell, but Jonathan Majors is a solid choice. He should do Ensign Brown justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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