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Jesse LeRoy Brown (Hattiesburg, Misisipi, Estados Unidos, 13 de octubre de 1926-batalla del embalse de Chosin, Corea del Norte, 4 de diciembre de 1950) fue el primer aviador afroestadounidense en completar el programa básico de entrenamiento de vuelo de la Armada de los Estados Unidos.
Jesse LeRoy Brown (October 13, 1926 – December 4, 1950) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African-American aviator to complete the United States Navy's basic flight training program (though not the first African-American Navy aviator ), the first African-American naval officer killed in the Korean War , and a ...
13 de may. de 2024 · Jesse L. Brown (born October 13, 1926, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 4, 1950, North Korea) was a U.S. Navy ensign who fought racism in the military to become the first African American to complete naval flight training and serve as an aviator. He served in the Korean War, where he died in a crash landing.
Midshipman Jesse L. Brown, ca. October 1948, while serving as a naval aviation cadet at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. (80-G-706531) Brown began pre-flight training at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Ottumwa, Iowa in April 1947. It was at Ottumwa that he received his appointment as a midshipman. 9 Brown completed his flight training ...
11 de feb. de 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Jesse L. Brown, who broke the color barrier in the U.S. Navy and became a hero in the Korean War. Read how he pursued his dream of flying, married his love Daisy, and died in a crash behind enemy lines.
23 de ene. de 2024 · Jesse Brown was shot down over North Korea in 1950 and pinned in his plane by a Chinese Communist soldier. His friend Tom Hudner tried to rescue him, but failed to save his life.
30 de ago. de 2020 · Learn about the life and legacy of Jesse Leroy Brown, the first African American to complete flight training in the US Navy and the first to die in the Korean War. He was posthumously awarded the Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Purple Heart, and his story will be adapted into a movie in 2022.
