New Navy Destroyer Reunites 2 Families Bonded By Act Of Bravery

On Dec. 4, 1950, Navy aviator Thomas Hudner deliberately crash-landed his plane into a Korean hillside. He was trying to save another pilot, Ensign Jesse Brown, after Brown's plane had been shot down and landed on the hill. Hudner wasn't able to rescue Brown and he was evacuated.

Brown had been the Navy's first black pilot. His remains have never been recovered. Hudner won the Medal of Honor for his actions.

"Jesse and Tom's stories have been intertwined since that fateful day," says Jessica Knight Henry, Brown's granddaughter.