HOLD FOR STORY MOVING APRIL 1 BY DAVID SHARP IN MAINE --- A BLACK AND WHITE OCTOBER 1948 OFFICIAL PHOTO RELEASED BY THE U.S. NAVY.
This October 1948 photo released by the U.S. Navy shows Jesse Brown, while serving as a Naval Aviation Cadet at the naval air station in Jacksonville, Fla. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator, died when he crashed behind enemy lines during the Korean War. Fellow aviator Thomas Hudner crash-landed his own plane in a futile attempt to save Brown. A U.S. Navy frigate was named for Brown in 1973. A U.S. Navy destroyer will be named for Hudner, where he is expected to attend the ceremony at age 92, Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Bath, Maine.(U.S Navy via AP)