03734cam a2200337 4500 599435486 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780553398434 0553398431 ada4c381-9120-4b23-a1eb-81ac34fa3775 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1542078 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Makos, Adam. Devotion [OverDrive] : An Epic Story of Heroism, Brotherhood, and Sacrifice. Books on Tape, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 405MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 405MB. HTML:<b>THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • From America’s “forgotten war” in Korea comes an unforgettable tale of courage by the&#160;author of <i>A Higher Call.</i><br /> “In the spirit of <i>Unbroken</i> and <i>The Boys in the Boat</i> comes <i>Devotion</i>.”—Associated Press • “Aerial drama at its best—fast, powerful, and moving.”—Erik Larson</b><br /> <i>Devotion</i> tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviation duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper’s son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy’s first black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn’t even serve him in a bar.<br /> While much of America remained divided by segregation, Jesse and Tom joined forces as wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32. Adam Makos takes us into the cockpit as these bold young aviators cut their teeth at the world’s most dangerous job—landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier—a line of work that Jesse’s young wife, Daisy, struggles to accept.<br /> Deployed to the Mediterranean, Tom and Jesse meet the Fleet Marines, boys like PFC “Red” Parkinson, a farm kid from the Catskills. In between war games in the sun, the young men revel on the Riviera, partying with millionaires and even befriending the Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Taylor. Then comes the conflict that no one expected: the Korean War.<br /> <i>Devotion</i> takes us soaring overhead with Tom and Jesse, and into the foxholes with Red and the Marines as they battle a North Korean invasion. As the fury of the fighting escalates and the Marines are cornered at the Chosin Reservoir, Tom and Jesse fly, guns blazing, to try and save them. When one of the duo is shot down behind enemy lines and pinned in his burning plane, the other faces an unthinkable choice: watch his friend die or attempt history’s most audacious one-man rescue mission.<br /> A tug-at-the-heartstrings tale of bravery and selflessness, <i>Devotion</i> asks: How far would you go to save a friend? Nonfiction. Transportation. Military. Biography & Autobiography. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. Hoffman, Dominic. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1542078-Devotion.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ada4c381-9120-4b23-a1eb-81ac34fa3775&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1542078-Devotion.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ada4c381-9120-4b23-a1eb-81ac34fa3775&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)