Podcast #150: Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice | The Art of Manliness

One of my favorite writers is a fella by the name of Adam Makos. Ever since Adam was a teenager, he’s dedicated his life to interviewing Greatest Generation veterans and telling their stories. I had him on the podcast last year to discuss his bestselling book, A Higher Call, which tells the incredible story of how one of Germany’s top aces escorted a badly damaged U.S. bomber back to Allied territory during WWII and how the two men piloting those planes were able to meet each other as old men and become friends. Well, Adam is back with another book about an unbelievable story that he’s come across during his interviewing and writing. This one took place in the Korean War. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice tells the true tale of two men from completely different worlds: one, the black son of Southern sharecroppers; the other, a white man from a rich New England family. During the course of their service as naval fighter pilots the two men became good friends. That friendship is put to the test when one of them is shot down on a remote North Korean mountain during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. Devotion asks: How far would you go to save a friend? Originally published October 2015 Follow us! https://ift.tt/1FOPIX2 http://twitter.com/artofmanliness https://ift.tt/YAd15k https://ift.tt/1DUJeqE