An edition of Devotion (2015)

Devotion

an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice

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An edition of Devotion (2015)

Devotion

an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice

First edition.
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"For readers of Unbroken comes an unforgettable tale of courage from America's 'forgotten war' in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call. 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. 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 world's most dangerous job--landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier--a line of work that Jesse's young wife, Daisy, struggles to accept. Deployed to the Mediterranean, Tom and Jesse meet the Fleet Marines, boys like PFC 'Red' Parkinson, a farm kid from the Catskills. In between war games in the sun, the young men revel on the Riviera, partying with millionaires and even befriending the Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Taylor. Then comes the war no one expected, in faraway Korea. Devotion takes us soaring overhead with Tom and Jesse, and into the foxholes with Red and the Marines as they battle a North Korean invasion. As the fury of the fighting escalates and the Marines are cornered at the Chosin Reservoir, Tom and Jesse fly, guns blazing, to try and save them. When one of the duo is shot down behind enemy lines and pinned in his burning plane, the other faces an unthinkable choice: watch his friend die or attempt history's most audacious one-man rescue mission. A tug-at-the-heartstrings tale of bravery and selflessness, Devotion asks: How far would you go to save a friend?"--Provided by publisher.

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English
Pages
445

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Mar 21, 2017, Ballantine Books
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2015
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Table of Contents

Ghosts and Shadows
The Lesson of a Lifetime
Swimming with Snakes
The Woods
The Renaissance Man
This Is Flying So Far, So Fast
The Ring
The Pond
One for the Vultures
A Time for Faith
A Deadly Business
A Knock in the Night
The Dancing Fleet
The Reunion
Only in France
The Friendly Invasion
At First Sight
On Waves to War
The Longest Step
The Last Night in America
The Beast in the Gorge
Into the Fog
This Is It
Trust
He Might Be a Flyer
Home
The First Battle of World War III
The Sky Will Be Black
A Chill in the Night
A Taste of the Dirt
When the Deer Come Running
Backs to the Wall
A Smoke in the Cold
The Lost Legion
Burning the Woods
Into Hell Together
All the Faith in the World
Unease
With Deep Regret
To the Finish
The Gift
The Call from the Capital
The Message
Afterword.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-436).

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
951.904/245092273
Library of Congress
DS918.A553 M36 2015, DS918.A553M36 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 445 pages :
Number of pages
445

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26582859M
Internet Archive
devotionepicstor00mako
ISBN 13
9780804176583, 9780804176590
LCCN
2015023955

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