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It might seem like an April Fool's joke. The Navy commissioned its newest destroyer on April 1, 2017,

and named it after a man who deliberately crash-landed

a perfectly good aircraft behind enemy lines.

Here's the history guy with the story. The beginning of October,

The beginning of October, 1950, United Nations troops were moving deep into North Korea,

and it seemed that the Korean War would be over soon.

UN commanders felt that there was a good chance that the Koreas would be reunited by the end of the year.

But everything changed on October 19th

when the Chinese decided to enter the war.

The UN forces were caught off guard by the Chinese offensive.

And by November, some 30,000 United Nations troops,

US Marines and soldiers, as well as troops from the United

Kingdom in South Korea, were surrounded by 120,000 Chinese troops near a man-made lake called

the Chosen Reservoir. Among those participating in the battle were flyers from the U.S.

Navy that were flying close support missions from nearby aircraft carriers.

The Vought F4U4 Coursairs of Task Force 77 flew mission after mission in support of the outnumbered UN troops.

Among the pilots of Task Force 77 were instant Jesse L. Brown and Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner Jr. They were wingmen and friends, despite

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