Photo #: NH 97095
Captain Thomas J. Hudner, USN
Head, Aviation Technical Training, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations
Principal speaker at the launching of USS Jesse L. Brown
(DE-1089), at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiania,
18 March 1972.
During the Korean War, then Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Hudner
received the Medal of Honor (worn in this photograph) for heroically
attempting to rescue Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the ship's namesake.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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