Dec 14 , 2025
Ernest E. Evans stood alone against a tidal wave of steel and fire. His ship, the USS Johnston, took hit after hit. Smoke clawed the skies. The Japanese task force bore down with battleships, cruis...
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Dec 14 , 2025
Jacklyn Harold Lucas was 14 years old when he first stood toe-to-toe with death. Barely more than a boy, he chose the violence of war over the safety of childhood. His body was a shield — raw flesh...
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Dec 14 , 2025
John Basilone stood alone. Waves of enemy soldiers crashed against his machine gun nest like a relentless storm. Ammunition dwindled. His position overrun could mean death for hundreds of Marines b...
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Dec 13 , 2025
Fifteen years old. Barely a man. Yet, when hell rained down at Iwo Jima, Jacklyn Lucas didn’t hesitate. Two grenades shredded ground, two deadly orbs landing among Marines. Without thinking, he cov...
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Dec 13 , 2025
He was just a kid who shattered the impossible. At 17, Jacklyn Harold Lucas Jr. threw himself on not one—but two live grenades during the Battle of Iwo Jima, swallowing hell to save his brothers in...
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Dec 13 , 2025
William J. Crawford’s right leg was shredded by enemy fire beneath a merciless Iberian sun. Blood pooled around him, cold in contrast to the heat burning his flesh. Collapse was easy now. Death whi...
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