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For readers of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable tale of courage from Americas forgotten war in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call. Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navys most famous aviator duo: Lieutenant Tom Hudner, a white New Englander from the country-club scene, and Ensign Jesse Brown, an African American sharecroppers son from Mississippi. Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighter planes for his country. Jesse became the navys first black carrier pilot to defend a nation that wouldnt even serve him in a bar. While much of America remained divided by segregation, Jesse and Tom joined forces as wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32. Adam Makos takes us into the cockpit as these bold young aviators cut their teeth at the worlds most dangerous joblanding on the deck of an aircraft carriera line of work that Jesses young wife, Daisy, struggles to accept. Then comes the war no one expected, in faraway Korea. Devotion brings us into the foxholes with U.S. Marines and soaring overhead with Tom and Jesse as they battle a North Korean invasion. As the fury of the fighting escalates, Tom and Jesse fly, guns blazing, t

Who reads Devotion : An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice?

Author

Adam Makos

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804176590

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Rating

4.42 / 5 (788 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14