Jacklyn Lucas Medal of Honor recipient at 17 from Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas Medal of Honor recipient at 17 from Iwo Jima

Nov 14 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was a boy poised on the edge of a nightmare, yet his heart beat like thunder in a storm. At 17, he threw himself on two grenades, a living shield clenched tight with raw, u...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Teen Marine Who Threw Himself on Grenades

Jacklyn Lucas, Teen Marine Who Threw Himself on Grenades

Nov 11 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was barely a man when hell called his name. Just seventeen years old, driven by a fierce wildfire of youthful resolve and a heart too raw for war’s cruelty, he leapt into t...

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Jacklyn Lucas, the Youngest Medal of Honor Marine at Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas, the Youngest Medal of Honor Marine at Iwo Jima

Nov 11 , 2025

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The air cracked like bone under fire. Two grenades bounced toward a ragged hole in the earth where a young Marine and his brothers huddled. Without hesitation, a boy no older than a child threw him...

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Jacklyn Lucas Youngest Marine Who Saved Comrades at Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas Youngest Marine Who Saved Comrades at Iwo Jima

Nov 11 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was 17 years old when he did the unthinkable—diving on enemy grenades with bare hands to save his brothers-in-arms. Bloodied, shattered, but unbroken, he became the younges...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Marine to Receive the Medal of Honor

Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Marine to Receive the Medal of Honor

Nov 11 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was just a boy — no more than 17 — when he carried death on his back and lived to tell the tale. In the inferno of Iwo Jima’s volcanic ash and blood, he made a choice that ...

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Jacklyn Lucas, 17, Marine Who Jumped on Grenades at Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas, 17, Marine Who Jumped on Grenades at Iwo Jima

Nov 11 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was 17 years old the day the grenades rained down. War didn’t wait for age. It demanded everything. And Jacklyn gave it—without hesitation, without thought for himself. Fr...

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