Keywords: groupshot people indoor 330-PS-1283 (USN 708201): Navy Pilot Receives Medal of Honor. President Harry S. Truman and Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., are shown after the awarding the Medal of Honor. Left to right: Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner, Jr, President Truman, Thomas J. Hudner, Sr. (Father), Mrs. Thomas J. Hudner, Sr, (mother). Rear row: His brothers, Philip, Richard, and his sister Mary. For the attempted rescue of Ensign Brown, whose plane struck by anti-aircraft fire and trailing smoke, was forced down behind enemy lines in the Chosin Reservoir area of Korea on December 4, 1950. Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN, received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman at a ceremony at the White House. Photograph released April 13, 1951. Same as NHHC Photograph NH 97094. (6/16/2015). 330-PS-1283 (USN 708201): Navy Pilot Receives Medal of Honor. President Harry S. Truman and Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., are shown after the awarding the Medal of Honor. Left to right: Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner, Jr, President Truman, Thomas J. Hudner, Sr. (Father), Mrs. Thomas J. Hudner, Sr, (mother). Rear row: His brothers, Philip, Richard, and his sister Mary. For the attempted rescue of Ensign Brown, whose plane struck by anti-aircraft fire and trailing smoke, was forced down behind enemy lines in the Chosin Reservoir area of Korea on December 4, 1950. Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN, received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman at a ceremony at the White House. Photograph released April 13, 1951. Same as NHHC Photograph NH 97094. (6/16/2015). |