Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Thomas Jerome Hudner Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: 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; 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)
- Location of Service: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; North Island, California; Vietnam; Annapolis, Maryland; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; Lebanon; Korea
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant; Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/89696
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About this Item
Title
- Thomas Jerome Hudner Collection
Names
- Wilkerson, Thomas L.
- unknown interviewer
- Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)
- Hudner, Thomas Jerome
Home State
- Massachusetts
Headings
- - Hudner, Thomas Jerome
- - Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: 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
- Location of Service: Annapolis, Maryland; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; Lebanon; Korea
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1973
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: 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.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: 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)
- Location of Service: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; North Island, California; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-09-15)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-09-15)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-09-15)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2003-09-15)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/89696
Cite as
- Thomas Jerome Hudner Collection (AFC/2001/001/89696), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Korea
- Lebanon
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
- North Island, California
- Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Pensacola, Florida
- Vietnam
Battles & Campaigns
Service Unit
- 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Air War College
- Commander in Chief Pacific Command (Cincpac)
- Executive Officer
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Naval Air Advanced Training Command (Naatc)
- Staff
- USS Helena (Ca 75)
- USS Kitty Hawk (Cva 63)
- USS Leyte (CV 32)
- USS Ticonderoga (Cva 14)
- Vf-32 (Fighter Squadron)
- Vf-53 (Fighter Squadron)
- Vt-24 (Training Squadron)