| LC control no. | n 2015051496 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hudner, Tom, 1924-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Hudner, Thomas Jerome, Jr., 1924-2017 |
| Birth date | 1924-08-31 |
| Death date | 2017-11-13 |
| Place of birth | Fall River (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Concord (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Naval aviation Korean War, 1950-1953--Aerial operations, American |
| Affiliation | United States. Navy |
| Profession or occupation | Air pilots, Military |
| Found in | Makos, Adam. Devotion, 2015: ECIP galley (Captain Tom Hudner; Lieutenant Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr., United States Navy) Wikipedia, August 21, 2015 (Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr.; born August 31, 1924; retired officer of the United States Navy and former naval aviator; he rose to the rank of captain, and received the Medal of Honor for his actions in trying to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War; born in Fall River, Massachusetts) New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 14, 2017 (in obituary published Nov. 13: Thomas Hudner; b. Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr., Aug. 31, 1924, Fall River, Mass.; d. Monday [Nov. 13, 2017], Concord, Mass., aged 93; defied expectations when he tried to rescue the Navy's first black aviator during the Korean War; awarded the Medal of Honor) |
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