On this episode of Our American Stories it might seem like an April Fool's joke The Navy commissioned its newest destroyer on April 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 perhaps the best of reasons Here's the History Guy with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for
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