Adam Makos, left, author of Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice, holds up a photo of Jesse Brown in a meeting with officials in North Korea in 2013 while Thomas J. Hudner Jr.

1950. Ensign Jesse Brown and Lt(jg) Tom Hudner join Navy Fighter Squadron VF-32 at roughly the same time and Brown is assigned as Hudner's wingman. They are quickly the best of friends and always ...