Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. Collection
loc.natlib.afc2001001.02938
Hudner
Thomas Jerome
Jr.
interviewee
MA
MA
Male
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.02938/
Korean War, 1950-1953
Veteran
1943-1973
Commissioned
Navy
USS Helena (CA 75); VF-32 (Fighter Squadron), USS Leyte (CV 32); Naval Air Advanced Training Command (NAATC); Executive Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63); Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Annapolis, Maryland; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida; Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas; Lebanon; Korea
Chosin Reservoir
Lieutenant
The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service in trying to save the life of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. The veteran attended the Naval Academy and graduated in 1946. The veteran was serving with VF-32 during the Korean War flying F4U-4 Corsair fighters. On 12/04/1950 he crash landed his own aircraft near the Chosin Reservoir to try to rescue Ensign Jesse L. Brown, another VF-32 pilot that had been shot down. Ensign Brown was wounded and pinned in his cockpit by aircraft wreckage. Hudner worked to free the Brown with a small hand ax. He was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman on 04/13/1951.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Veteran
1943-1973
Commissioned
Navy
60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron; Air War College; VF-53 (Fighter Squadron), USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14); VT-24 (Training Squadron); Commander in Chief Pacific Command (CINCPAC)
Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; North Island, California; Vietnam
Captain
Photograph
Original photographic print
2 items
Photograph
1951 - 2001
Manuscript
Transcript
1 item
Transcription of audio recording
07/23/1990
Audio
Audio Cassette
1 item
Oral history interview
07/23/1990
Garrelick
Renee
interviewer
Garrelick
Renee
contributor
Concord Oral History Program
contributor
AFC/2001/001/2938
Hudner
Thomas Jerome
Jr.
Korean War, 1950-1953
Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.
Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/2938), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
DLC-AFC
2003-01-22
2023-05-25
loc.natlib.afc2001001.02938
Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. Collection
2003
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/2938
mixed material
still image
mixed material
sound recording-nonmusical
Hudner Jr., Thomas Jerome
Hudner Jr., Thomas Jerome
Annapolis, Maryland [service location]
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii [service location]
Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida [service location]
Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas [service location]
Lebanon [service location]
Korea [service location]
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.
Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts [service location]
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama [service location]
North Island, California [service location]
Vietnam [service location]
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.
Veterans History Project