This Medal of Honor recipient crashed his plane on purpose to get to his downed wingman

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Lt. (jg) Thomas Hudner crashlands his VF-32 F4U-4 next to his crashed squadron mate Ens. Jesse Brown. (2) Lt. (jg) Thomas Hudner takes off from the USS Leyte in his VF-32 F4U-4 on 3 Dec. 1950.

SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes MIDN CAPT (Join to see) A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell PO3 Belinda Dupree SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SSG Paul Endes SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez

Beautiful picture

We Salute our heroes, especially those one who exhibited selfless service. Hudner and Brown are the epitome of how troops must behave in garrison and on the battlefield.

This is a great account Dale. Thanks.