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 ...

"That level of devotion to what it is you want to give ... The film, directed by JD Dillard, follows the story of Jesse Brown (Jonathan Majors), the first Black man to fly in combat for the ...