An ordained minister prior to entering military service as an Army Air Forces pilot during World War II, Dean Hess left his ministry again during the Korean War. The first member of the new U.S. Air Force in history to receive an Army award of the Silver Star, in addition to training pilots, he flew 250 combat missions and rescued more than 1,000 orphans, later sharing his story in his autobiography, “Battle Hymn,” which became a motion picture with Rock Hudson playing Hess. All proceeds from the book and movie were donated to establish the Orphans Home in Korea.