Posted on Dec 5, 2015
Did you read about 91-Year-Old Veteran Surprised by Family of Pilot He Risked His Life for During Korean War: 'Friendship Is Colorblind'?
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Did you read about 91-Year-Old Veteran Surprised by Family of Pilot He Risked His Life for During Korean War: 'Friendship Is Colorblind'?
RP Members is another great story about a true hero! Another great example of how brothers in arms are colorblind! Enjoy!
http://www.people.com/article/91-year-old-korean-war-vet-gets-heartwarming-surprise
https://youtu.be/jvLJkaGwLso
RP Members is another great story about a true hero! Another great example of how brothers in arms are colorblind! Enjoy!
http://www.people.com/article/91-year-old-korean-war-vet-gets-heartwarming-surprise
https://youtu.be/jvLJkaGwLso
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I remember this story a while back... Its an amazing tale! Thanks for posting!
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COL Mikel Burroughs I read about this. How wonderful this is. That's the brotherhood we create when we have the same objective of survival and helping one another this is absolutely a beautiful story.
Peace!
Peace!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I had not read about 91-year-old veteran Lt. Thomas J. Hudner Jr. who was surprised by the family of pilot Ensign Jesse L. Brown, who he risked his life for during the Korean War: 'Friendship Is Colorblind'.
Thanks for sharing another good news story.
Thanks for sharing another good news story.
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I read about Hudner and Brown some time back in one of the aviation magazines with the centerfold being the painting which depicts when Hudner crash lands his Corsair with Brown's Corsair in the background. A book with the same title of the painting has recently been published as well.
http://www.valorstudios.com/Thomas-Hudner-F4U-Corsair.htm
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/devotion-book-heroic-corsair-pilots-tom-hudner-jesse-brown.html
http://www.valorstudios.com/Thomas-Hudner-F4U-Corsair.htm
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/devotion-book-heroic-corsair-pilots-tom-hudner-jesse-brown.html
Devotion by Matt Hall depicts the F4U-4 Corsair of Lt. Thomas Hudner as he crash lands in an...
During the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War . . . hit by anti-aircraft fire while supporting the Marines, Ens. Jesse Brown, the Navy’s first African-American aviator, crashed behind enemy lines. His squadron mates from VF-32 thought Brown was dead—until they saw him slide back his canopy and wave. But, Brown did not climb free—he was pinned in his Corsair’s burning wreckage. While his comrades called for a rescue helicopter and...
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
MSgt Daniel Attilio Thanks for sharing this additonal information and link!
MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca SFC Mark Merino SGM Steve Wettstein SSG Carlos MaddenCH (MAJ) William Beaver PVT James Strait Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS COL Ted Mc SMSgt Tony Barnes CSM Michael J. Uhlig MAJ Ken Landgren CPT Jack Durish PO1 John Miller SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SN Greg Wright SGT Ben Keen Sgt Kelli Mays
MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca SFC Mark Merino SGM Steve Wettstein SSG Carlos MaddenCH (MAJ) William Beaver PVT James Strait Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS COL Ted Mc SMSgt Tony Barnes CSM Michael J. Uhlig MAJ Ken Landgren CPT Jack Durish PO1 John Miller SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SN Greg Wright SGT Ben Keen Sgt Kelli Mays
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs This brings a tear to my eye. Not only that, but the Airrmen are heroes of mine and I have even talked to their main office and told them that.
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