Fighter Pilots of the Korean War

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4.5 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Korean War was a vital moment in world history - changing geopolitics on the Korean Peninsula and beyond forever. With nearly 5 million dead, it's often referred to as 'the forgotten war' - but Devotion author Adam Makos is trying to change that. Following the true story of famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, Adam looks at the acts of bravery and sacrifice that defined this period of world history. But what role did the US Navy play in Korea - and why is Hudner and Brown's story so remarkable?

In this episode, James is joined by Adam to take a deep dive into the true story that inspired his book, and later the Hollywood blockbuster. Looking at Adam's incredible first-hand interviews with the Veterans who served in Korea and how this event changed their lives forever - will the Korean War finally be remembered as it should?

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0:00.0	Hello everyone I'm your host James Rogers and this is the History Hip Warfare
0:04.1	Podcast now you may hear that I am on the move this week I am in Japan on my way to
0:09.8	Hiroshima to record our special anniversary episode which you will hear in August.
0:16.0	This episode however focuses in on the Korean War.
0:19.4	Now you may well have seen that the new hit film Devotion is out starring Jonathan Majors and Top Guns
0:25.7	Glenn Powell. The film tells the inspirational story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo,
0:32.4	Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines
0:36.2	they fought to defend. To help us explore their history and the story of remarkable bravery
0:42.3	and heroism that defined their time in the service,
0:46.1	I'm joined by the author of the book the film is based on, The Fantastic Adam Macos.
0:51.4	Now Adam reveals his incredible research and the first-hand
0:54.4	interviews with Korean War veterans that went into writing this fascinating
0:59.0	history. Enjoy.
1:01.0	Hi Adam, welcome to the Warfare Podcast.
1:04.0	How you doing?
1:05.0	Thanks for having me, James.
1:06.0	Doing great. Well, congratulations on the book, Devotion, an epic story of heroism, friendship and sacrifice,
1:12.0	and the new film of the book starring
1:15.0	none other, then Jonathan Majors, Glen Powe, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadowski
1:20.4	and Joe Jonas. Tell us Adam on on a scale of 1 to 10, how excited are you for this to come out?
1:26.0	It must have been a project years in the making.
1:29.0	Oh, I would say definitely an 11, James.
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