In 1945, Marine Jacklyn Lucas saved his entire squad at Iwo Jima by jumping onto two grenades. Doctors performed 21 surgeries to remove shrapnel — and he lived to tell the tale. He was just 17 years old when he earned the Medal of Honor. #WWIIHistory #TheWarRoom #WarStories #MedalOfHonor #fblifestyle | The War Room

US Marine Corps PFC Jack Lucas: Medal of Honor Recipient at the Battle of Iwo Jima At just 17 years old, Private First Class Jack Lucas displayed legendary bravery during the Battle of Iwo Jima. On February 20, 1945, while advancing through a ravine with three fellow Marines, his squad was ambushed by a Japanese patrol. When two enemy grenades landed near the group, Lucas threw himself onto one and pulled the other beneath his body, absorbing both blasts to save his comrades. Miraculously, he su

Jacklyn Harrell "Jack" Lucas (February 14, 1928 – June 5, 2008) was the youngest American Marine in World War II awarded the Medal of Honor at the age of 17 years as a private first class in the Marine Corps during the Battle of Iwo Jima. During a close firefight in two trenches between Lucas and three Marines with 11 Japanese soldiers, Lucas saved the lives of the other three Marines from two enemy hand grenades that were thrown into their trench by unhesitatingly placing himself on one grenade

USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) Homecoming USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) was commissioned in Tampa, Florida on October 7, 2023. She is seen here arriving at her new homeport, San Diego. Inbound: USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, first of the Flight III variants and 75th overall in the class. She is named after then-Marine Corps Private First Class, later United States Army captain Jacklyn H. Lucas, recipient of the Medal of Honor. Full clip: https://youtu.be/hqyNO-o_on8