Oct 03 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 17 years old when death whispered inches from his face, and he chose to swallow it whole to save the lives of others. Two grenades nestled in the mud beneath him on Iwo Jim...
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Oct 03 , 2025
Jacklyn H. Lucas was sixteen years old when hell came calling. Too young to enlist by regulation, he lied about his age and slipped into the U.S. Marine Corps. Days later, on Iwo Jima’s blood-soake...
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Oct 03 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was just 17—barely a man—when he became the youngest Marine in history to earn the Medal of Honor. His body absorbed the shock of not one, but two live grenades, saving the liv...
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Oct 02 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen when hell hit him like a freight train. Two grenades exploded beneath his chest on Iwo Jima—two!—and he shielded every man with his own body. The youngest Marine ev...
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Oct 02 , 2025
Grenades beneath my feet. Two deadly blasts on the dirt, seconds from ripping apart a squad like mine. No time to think. Only to act. Jacklyn Harold Lucas dove without hesitation—just fifteen years...
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Oct 02 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was a boy made of iron and fire. Barely seventeen, barely grown—he dove headfirst into hell, carrying no more than stubborn grit and unforgiving faith. When the hand of death t...
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