Medal of Honor winner saluted on 92nd birthday - Бесплатная аудиокнига

A retired Medal of Honor winner got a singing surprise for his 92nd birthday. A Medal of Honor winner celebrated his 92nd birthday in style, with an enthusiastic serenade from 50 Navy petty officers.The sailors went the Concord, Massachusetts home of former Navy combat pilot Captain Thomas Hudner and sang both "Happy Birthday" and "Anchors Aweigh. "Then they presented him with a birthday cake and stood in line to shake his hand.Hudner didn't speak, but he stood and saluted.His son, Thomas said his father was "humbled and moved" by the show of affection.Hudner was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Korean War after his plane came under enemy fire and he crash-landed in an unsuccessful effort to save the life of his wingman and friend, Ensign Jesse Brown, the Navy's first black combat pilot.