Jan 21 , 2026
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 17 when he went to hell and back—barefoot, armed only with grit and a recklessness few could fathom. In the chaos of Iwo Jima, when death screamed down the cliffs and grena...
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Jan 18 , 2026
He was running point under a sky split by thunder and gunfire. The jungle was a choking, muddy tomb. Then the grenade came—rolling fast, a demon born to kill without warning. Robert H. Jenkins Jr.,...
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Dec 22 , 2025
Grenade pin torn. Time slows. Robert H. Jenkins Jr., a Marine and a brother, threw himself—whole life, whole body—onto a live grenade at Quang Nam Province on March 5, 1969. Blood and Faith in the...
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Dec 08 , 2025
The grenade arced through the humid Vietnamese jungle, a death sentence spinning toward a band of Marines. Without hesitation, Lance Corporal Robert H. Jenkins Jr. dove forward and threw himself on...
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Nov 27 , 2025
Explosions painted the jungle sky red. Grenades tore at the earth, screams swallowed by war's endless roar. Amid the chaos, a young Marine saw a flash—a live grenade tossed toward his squad. Instin...
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Oct 02 , 2025
John Basilone stood alone at a crumbling machine gun nest, the jungle alive with death’s roar. Bullets screamed past, but he didn’t flinch. Twice as many Japanese forces swarmed his position, but h...
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