Jacklyn Lucas, youngest Medal of Honor recipient from Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas, youngest Medal of Honor recipient from Iwo Jima

Oct 09 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen years old when death came crashing down on him like a hammer blow. Two grenades landed near his foxhole on Iwo Jima. Without hesitation, he threw himself on top of ...

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Teen Marine Jacklyn Harold Lucas Earned Medal of Honor at Guadalcanal

Teen Marine Jacklyn Harold Lucas Earned Medal of Honor at Guadalcanal

Oct 09 , 2025

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The roar of grenades shredded the quiet night. Twelve years old. Barely a boy. Yet Jacklyn Harold Lucas gambled his life to save strangers. He caught not one, but two live grenades, plunging his bo...

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Jacklyn Lucas at Iwo Jima Earned the Medal of Honor as a Teen

Jacklyn Lucas at Iwo Jima Earned the Medal of Honor as a Teen

Oct 08 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was just sixteen when bullets and grenades carved his name into history. A boy barely out of his hometown in North Carolina, he stood amid the wreckage of Iwo Jima, a living te...

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Jacklyn Lucas, 17, Marine at Tarawa Who Won the Medal of Honor

Jacklyn Lucas, 17, Marine at Tarawa Who Won the Medal of Honor

Oct 08 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 17 years old when he dove headfirst into hell. Two grenades landed at his feet—snap. Without a pause, he wrapped his body over the explosives. Flesh and bone took the blast...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Marine to Earn the Medal of Honor

Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Marine to Earn the Medal of Honor

Oct 08 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen when he threw himself on two grenades to save his brothers-in-arms. Fifteen years old, the youngest Marine ever to earn the Medal of Honor. The blood and debris set...

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Iwo Jima Hero Who Shielded His Comrades

Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Iwo Jima Hero Who Shielded His Comrades

Oct 08 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen when he died—and lived again. He threw himself on two grenades in the chaos of Iwo Jima, burying the explosions beneath his own breaking body. Limbs shattered. Fles...

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