Two comrades served
In recent years, Hollywood studios have regularly delivered films about World War II to screens, but have completely stopped touching on the topic of the Korean War. Black Label Media intends to correct the situation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the California-based film company has acquired the film rights to Adam Meikos' book Devotion.The main characters of the novel are American pilots Thomas J. Hadner and Jesse L. Brown. The first was born into a wealthy family and was one of the most successful students at the prestigious Phillips Academy. Thomas was preparing to enroll at Harvard when news came from Hawaii that the Japanese were attacking Pearl Harbor. Khadner and several of his classmates immediately decided to go to Annapolis to apply to the United States Naval Academy. Unlike Hadner, Brown has dreamed of a military career since the age of six, when he first attended an air show. At the age of 11, a boy from a poor large family wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt, in which he complained to the president that there was not a single black pilot in the US Army. By the will of fate, it was Jesse who was destined to become the first African American to complete a training program for military aviation pilots.  Khadner and Brown crossed paths with 32nd Fighter Strike Squadron, US Air Force, and quickly became good friends. Shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, their unit was deployed to the area of operations. First, the 32nd squadron fought in Korea, and then it was sent to China to take part in the battle of Chosin reservoir. On December 4, 1950, Brown's plane crashed in enemy territory. Seeing that Jesse could not leave the fighter on his own, Khadner decided to rush to his aid. He made an emergency landing and found his friend's leg trapped in the wreckage of the fuselage. Brown's condition worsened by the minute. The situation was complicated by the fact that the fighter began to burn, and Thomas was unable to extinguish the raging flames with a fire extinguisher and snow. For an hour, he, along with the pilot of the rescue helicopter, tried to free Jesse's leg, but all their efforts were in vain. Due to severe weather conditions and the onset of darkness, Khadner had to return to base. He tried to convince the authorities to allow him to take Brown's body, but was refused. Two days later, napalm bombs were dropped in the area where Jesse's fighter jet fell,  The character of Thomas J. Hadner will be portrayed by Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), who will also work on a war drama script with young Hollywood writer Jake Crane. * - preliminary translation. The Topic of Article: Two comrades served. |
