Thomas J. Hudner Jr.

Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. (Agusta 31, 1924 - Nuwamba 13, 2017) wani jami'in sojan ruwan Amurka,ne kuma ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa . Ya kai matsayin kyaftin, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa saboda ayyukan da ya yi na kokarin ceton rayuwar dan wasansa, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, a lokacin yakin Chosin Reservoir a yakin Koriya . An haife shi a Fall River, Massachusetts Hudner ya halarci Kwalejin Phillips a Andover, Massachusetts,da Kwalejin Sojojin Ruwa ta Amurka . Da farko bai sha'awar jirgin sama ba, daga ƙarshe ya tashi ya shiga Fighter Squadron 32, ya tashi da F4U Corsair a lokacin barkewar yakin Koriya. Lokacin da ya isa kusa da Koriya a watan Oktoba 1950, ya tashi ayyukan tallafi daga jirgin saman USS Leyte . A ranar 4 ga watan Disamba na shekarar, 1950, Hudner da Brown na daga cikin gungun matukan jirgi da ke sintiri a kusa da tafkin Chosin, lokacin da sojojin kasar Sin suka bude wuta kan jirgin ruwan Corsair na Brown, kuma ya yi hadari. A yunƙurin ceto Brown daga jirgin da ya kona, da gangan Hudner ya yi karo da nasa jirgin a kan wani dutse mai dusar ƙanƙara a cikin yanayin sanyi don taimakawa Brown. Duk da wannan yunƙurin, Brown ya mutu sakamakon raunin da ya samu kuma Hudner ya tilasta wa barin jikin Brown a baya, saboda helikwafta mai ceto ba zai iya tashi a cikin duhu ba kuma Hudner ya ji rauni a cikin saukowa. Bayan faruwar lamarin, Hudner ya rike mukamai a cikin jiragen ruwa na sojojin ruwan Amurka da dama tare da na'urorin sufurin jiragen sama da dama, gami da takaitaccen lokaci a matsayin babban jami'in USS . Kitty Hawk yayin yawon shakatawa a yakin Vietnam, kafin ya yi ritaya a 1973. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, ya yi aiki da ƙungiyoyin tsoffin sojoji a Amurka. The Arleigh Burke -class jagorar lalata makami mai linzami USS Ana kiransa USS .