The Medal of Honor Recipient Who Crashed His Plane On Purpose To Get To His Downed Wingman

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The Navy commissioned its newest destroyer and named it after a man who deliberately crash-landed a perfectly good aircraft behind enemy lines. But the man who became the first American serviceman in the Korean War to receive the Medal of Honor—and the man who lent his name to the USS Thomas Hudner had a darn good reason. Here's the History Guy with the story!