Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Teenage Marine Who Shielded His Comrades

Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Teenage Marine Who Shielded His Comrades

Oct 06 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen years old the day he leapt into hell to save his brothers. The battlefield was a trench in Iwo Jima, February 1945. Mortar fire hammered the ridges. Amid the scream...

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Iwo Jima Marine Awarded Medal of Honor at 17

Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Iwo Jima Marine Awarded Medal of Honor at 17

Oct 06 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was just 17 when he became more than a name in history. He was the boy who emptied his pockets of grenades, ran headfirst into hell, and shielded his brothers with nothing but ...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Teen Marine Who Shielded Comrades on Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas, Teen Marine Who Shielded Comrades on Iwo Jima

Oct 06 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen years old. Barely fifteen—half a childhood carved away by war. The deafening surge of artillery thundered around his screaming ears on Iwo Jima’s volcanic slopes. T...

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Jacklyn Lucas Tarawa Hero and Youngest Marine to Earn Medal of Honor

Jacklyn Lucas Tarawa Hero and Youngest Marine to Earn Medal of Honor

Oct 06 , 2025

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He was fifteen when hell rained down on Tarawa. Too young to enlist, but that did not stop Jacklyn Harold Lucas. When the first grenade clattered into the foxhole, the boy did what no man could ask...

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Jack Lucas, 15, threw himself on two grenades at Iwo Jima

Jack Lucas, 15, threw himself on two grenades at Iwo Jima

Oct 06 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen years old, barely a man but already hardened beyond his years. The island was soaked in fire and fear, and he stood trembling but unyielding in the chaos of Iwo Jim...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Marine Who Shielded Comrades on Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Marine Who Shielded Comrades on Iwo Jima

Oct 06 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was fifteen years old when he swallowed fear and became a shield. Two grenades clattered near his foxhole on Iwo Jima—fiery death set to rip through Marines he barely knew. Wit...

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