RARE! Medal of Honor Jacklyn H. Lucas Hand Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

  

"Medal of Honor" Jacklyn H. Lucas Hand Signed 3X5 Card.

This item is certified authentic by. And comes with their Letter of Authenticity. (February 14, 1928 - June 5, 2008) was an American. At the age of 17 years as a private first class in the. During a close firefight in two trenches between Lucas and three Marines with 11.

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, while in the next instant pulling the other grenade under him. The grenade he covered with his body exploded, and wounded him severely; the other grenade did not explode. He is the youngest Marine and the youngest serviceman in World War II to be awarded the. Highest military decoration for valor.

He later reenlisted in the. And reached the rank of captain.

After his father, a tobacco farmer, died when he was ten, his mother sent him to nearby. He rose to be a cadet captain, and was the captain of the football team. He was an all-around sportsman, also taking part in baseball, softball, basketball, boxing, wrestling, horseback riding, trap and skeet shooting, and hunting. Lucas's Medal of Honor citation reads.

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JACKLYN H. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE. For service as set forth in the following. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the First Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands 20 February 1945.

While creeping through a treacherous, twisting ravine which ran in close proximity to a fluid and uncertain front line on D-plus-1 Day, Private First Class Lucas and three other men were suddenly ambushed by a hostile patrol which savagely attacked with rifle fire and grenades. Quick to act when the lives of the small group were endangered by two grenades which landed directly in front of them, Private First Class Lucas unhesitatingly hurled himself over his comrades upon one grenade and pulled the other one under him, absorbing the whole blasting force of the explosions in his own body in order to shield his companions from the concussion and murderous flying fragments.

By his inspiring action and valiant spirit of self-sacrifice, he not only protected his comrades from certain injury or possible death, but also enabled them to rout the Japanese patrol and continue the advance. Courageous initiative and loyalty reflect the highest credit upon Private First Class Lucas and the.