Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, both Navy pilots during the Korean War in 1850, come from different backgrounds: Hudner is a white New Englander, a son of privilege; Brown is an African American son of a sharecropper from Mississippi. When the two men join forces in Fighter Squadron 32, they forge a deep friendship at a time when racial inequality is prevalent in America. An unwavering commitment binds Tom and Jesse to each other as well as the comrades. The two fly to save a division of US Marines cornered during the battle at Chosin Reservoir, but catastrophe strikes when one of them is shot down behind enemy lines and trapped in the wreckage of his plane. The other will face an unthinkable choice: watch his friend die, or attempt history's most audacious one-man rescue mission. What transpires is harrowing and heartbreaking, an inspirational story for all time.--Inside cover.
Ages 12 up Delacorte Press.|||770L Lexile|||adolescent
Adam Makos ; adapted for young adults.
"Soon to be a major motion picture"--Jacket.
