We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:27:54 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification While yet another posthumous award of the Medal of Honor occured this week, a living Holder slipped into the night. Jack Lucas, the youngest Marine - who lied about his age to enlist for WWII at the advanced age of... 14. 6 days after his 17th birthday, while fighting on Iwo Jima, he jumped on two grenades, saving the lives of his fellow Marines. LUCAS, JACKLYN HAROLD Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Place and date: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 20 February 1945. Entered service at: Norfolk, Va. Born:... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:57:25 -0600 I have read that after he got out of the hospital he went home and finished high school. I hope that he got automatic grades of "A" in Civics and History, for demonstrating the former and making the latter. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73907 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73907 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:04:15 -0600 I imagine he got a Purple Heart which I believe is the single ribbon above the other two. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73901 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73901 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:42:13 -0600 it would appear to be a campaign ribbon with one campaign star. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73891 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73891 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:34:58 -0600 You know, I just realized, besides his medal of honor and the purple heart, Pvt Lucas only has two other medals: national defense and one I can't quite make out. Imagine that. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73889 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73889 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:07:06 -0600 Oh, man. I was just reading part of his biography on line when I was researching Pvt Benson. He was in for three years, from the age of 14. Imagine that sort of fortitude and drive. Thank G_d such men lived. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73887 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/someone_else_yo_1.html#comment-73887 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:29:16 -0600