Jacklyn Lucas Tarawa Hero and Youngest Marine to Earn Medal of Honor

Jacklyn Lucas Tarawa Hero and Youngest Marine to Earn Medal of Honor

Oct 06 , 2025

Infidel Co.

He was fifteen when hell rained down on Tarawa. Too young to enlist, but that did not stop Jacklyn Harold Lucas. When the first grenade clattered into the foxhole, the boy did what no man could ask...

Battle of Tarawa , Jacklyn Harold Lucas , Medal of Honor

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Young Marine Jacklyn Lucas at Tarawa Who Saved His Comrades

Young Marine Jacklyn Lucas at Tarawa Who Saved His Comrades

Oct 03 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Jacklyn Harold Lucas was a boy with fire in his belly who faced death like a man twice his age. At 17, he threw himself on not one but two live grenades to shield his fellow Marines on a Pacific is...

Battle of Tarawa , Jacklyn Harold Lucas , Medal of Honor

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