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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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was just a boy when hell found him. Barely seventeen, with no business in the blood-soaked mud of Iwo Jima, he threw himself on grenades to save his brothers. Two grenades buri...

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Jacklyn Lucas Saved Men on Peleliu at Seventeen and Earned the Medal

Jacklyn Lucas Saved Men on Peleliu at Seventeen and Earned the Medal

Dec 25 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was twelve when the war clawed at his door—and seventeen when he shattered the odds on Peleliu’s blood-soaked soil. Two grenades, one boy, a decision that would carve his name ...

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Jacklyn Lucas Was the Youngest Marine to Receive the Medal of Honor

Jacklyn Lucas Was the Youngest Marine to Receive the Medal of Honor

Dec 20 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was a boy pressed into manhood beneath a rain of fire and death. Barely seventeen, he shredded the lines between youthful recklessness and raw, saintly courage, living proo...

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Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient at Peleliu

Jacklyn Lucas, Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient at Peleliu

Dec 20 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was seventeen years old when the grenades rained down on Peleliu. Too young to drink, but old enough to know fear. When two enemy grenades landed at his feet, he chose to d...

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Jacklyn Lucas Iwo Jima Medal of Honor Earned at Fifteen

Jacklyn Lucas Iwo Jima Medal of Honor Earned at Fifteen

Dec 20 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was fifteen years old when he became the bravest soul on the hellscape of Iwo Jima. Fifteen years old. Barely a man. Yet he did what most seasoned warriors couldn’t. He lea...

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Jacklyn Lucas the 17-Year-Old Marine Who Shielded Comrades on Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas the 17-Year-Old Marine Who Shielded Comrades on Iwo Jima

Dec 20 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. was a boy tethered to war far beyond his years. At just 17, barely out of boyhood, he stood in a raging inferno on the island of Iwo Jima, war hammering down all around him...

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