Feb 06 , 2026
Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was seventeen years old when hell spit fire on Tarawa Island. Barefoot, barely grown, he dove headfirst into a hailstorm of bullets and grenades. With two live grenades lan...
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Jan 17 , 2026
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen when hell begged him to rise. The roar of battle, the screams, the shrill whistle of grenades—they didn’t scare him. Not then. He dove headfirst into death to save ...
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Jan 08 , 2026
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was seventeen years old the moment his body slammed down on live grenades to save his brothers-in-arms. The night of November 20, 1942, on the blood-soaked beaches of Tarawa, y...
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Dec 30 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 17 years, 337 days old when he threw himself on two grenades in the Pacific, shattering what most call courage. Not because he planned to be a hero, but because the moment ...
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Dec 02 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 17 years old when enemy grenades rained down on Tarawa's hellish beaches. Two grenades. Thrown right into the ranks of his fellow Marines. Without hesitation, without a mom...
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Nov 19 , 2025
The blast tore through the quiet night. Two grenades, seconds from death, landed among a cluster of Marines. Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 17. No hesitation. No second thought. He dove—chest down—coveri...
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