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Adam Makos
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Adam Makos is an American author and military historian whose nonfiction books recount the experiences of servicemen in World War II and Korea.
Biography
Adam Makos, born in 1981, is an American author and military historian. He began writing military history at age 15 while in high school and helped found Ghost Wings, a predecessor to Valor, a magazine devoted to veterans’ stories.
His books include A Higher Call (2012), which recounts the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, and Spearhead (2019), a biography of World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer. Both appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. Voices of the Pacific (2013) draws on oral histories of marines and seamen who served in the Pacific during World War II. His 2015 book Devotion follows the friendship of two U.S. Navy pilots during the Korean War and was adapted into a film released in 2022.
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Books by Adam Makos
Devotion
Devotion tells the true story of U.S. Navy pilots Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown, who became wingmen despite their different backgrounds and the segregation of their era. It follows their friendship and Korean War service alongside the Marines they fought to defend.