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Devotion : an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice.

Author Makos, Adam.

Description445 pages

Abstract:Devotion tells the inspirational 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.

ISBN:0804176604

ISBN:9780804176606

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