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

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

Jan 20 , 2026

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was not old enough to shave but old enough to stand between death and his brothers. His hands were small—barely more than a boy’s—but his heart was a fortress. A Marine at fift...

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas, the Marine Who Saved His Brothers

Jacklyn Harold Lucas, the Marine Who Saved His Brothers

Jan 11 , 2026

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was just a boy on a battlefield soaked in fire and death — not yet seventeen, yet bearing the storm like a weathered stone. Two grenades landed near his squad, and without hesi...

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Jacklyn Lucas Medal of Honor recipient who survived Iwo Jima

Jacklyn Lucas Medal of Honor recipient who survived Iwo Jima

Dec 20 , 2025

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas was seventeen years old when he pulled grenades from the mud and grit and threw himself atop them—twice. His body pressurized the explosions, absorbing death’s blow like a wet ...

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Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Medal of Honor Teen Who Dived on Grenades

Jacklyn Harold Lucas, Medal of Honor Teen Who Dived on Grenades

Dec 08 , 2025

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The grenade landed like a doomed verdict. No hesitation. No calculation. Barely a second to act. Jacklyn Harold Lucas, barely sixteen, dove on that screaming demon of shrapnel with his bare chest. ...

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John Basilone's Guadalcanal Stand That Earned the Medal of Honor

John Basilone's Guadalcanal Stand That Earned the Medal of Honor

Oct 06 , 2025

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John Basilone stood alone on that hellish ridge, the night screaming with gunfire and death. Japanese soldiers surged like ghosts through the jungle, relentless, closing in to tear apart the thin A...

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Jacklyn H. Lucas Youngest Marine to Earn the Medal of Honor in WWII

Jacklyn H. Lucas Youngest Marine to Earn the Medal of Honor in WWII

Oct 03 , 2025

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The blast came without warning—a silence shattered by the deadly hiss of grenades thrown into a foxhole filled with Marines. Jacklyn H. Lucas was barely seventeen. Most kids were counting down days...

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