Jack Lucas Iwo Jima Grenade Sacrifice Earned Him the Medal of Honor

Jack Lucas Iwo Jima Grenade Sacrifice Earned Him the Medal of Honor

Dec 25 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was barely nineteen when hell rained down on Iwo Jima. Two grenades, exploding at once, threatened his entire platoon. Without hesitation, that scrawny kid dove on them—twice. ...

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

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

Dec 25 , 2025

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The sharp crack of explosions filled the night. Two grenades landed just feet away. The world slowed to a desperate breath. Jacklyn Harold Lucas, a sixteen-year-old Marine, didn’t hesitate. He dove...

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Jacklyn H. Lucas, Youngest Marine to Receive Medal of Honor

Jacklyn H. Lucas, Youngest Marine to Receive Medal of Honor

Dec 25 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was no more than a boy when death found him and he stared it down. Barely seventeen, he leapt into hell without hesitation—two live grenades at his feet, his body the only shie...

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Jacklyn Lucas Youngest Marine Awarded Medal of Honor for Peleliu

Jacklyn Lucas Youngest Marine Awarded Medal of Honor for Peleliu

Dec 25 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was barely a man when the war called him—not yet sixteen, yet already forged in a fire that would burn through his bones forever. In a moment that bled time dry, he claimed his...

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Jacklyn Lucas at 17 Smothered Grenades to Save Fellow Marines

Jacklyn Lucas at 17 Smothered Grenades to Save Fellow Marines

Dec 24 , 2025

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He was just a kid when the grenades rained down. Two enemy explosives rolled into the foxhole with him and his comrades. No time to think. Jacklyn Harold Lucas dove twice, smothering the deadly bla...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Medal of Honor Marine Who Saved Comrades at Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas, Medal of Honor Marine Who Saved Comrades at Iwo Jima

Dec 24 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen years old when war found him—not in some distant battlefield, but in the blistering hell of World War II’s Pacific Theater. Barely old enough to buy a drink, he dov...

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