Indestructible Jack Lucas Medal of Honor Autographed
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Private First Class Jacklyn Harold Lucas (Born: February 14th 1928 Deceased June 5, 2008) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Iwo Jima campaign — for unhesitatingly hurling himself over his comrades upon one grenade and for pulling another one under himself. One of the grenades exploded, and Lucas absorbed the entire blasting force of it with his own body. Private First Class Lucas, the youngest Marine ever to receive the United States' highest military decoration, was presented the award by President Harry S. Truman at the White House on Friday, 5 October 1945. He was 17 years old!!!I met the man a few years back at The International Conference on World War II where he sat on a panel with Woody Williams and Walt Ehlers. All of these gentlemen were warm and engaging but Jack was special. We talked, rather Jack talked, for 30 or 40 minutes before his wife told him to hush and she wisked him away. The autograph was signed and personalized to me. Make no mistakes this is not a facsimile, this is Jack Lucas' autograph. I'm having to downsize my collection is the only reason this book is being sold. The book you are bidding on has slight wear on the dust jacket and has been read 3 or 4 times by me. I would never loan the book out because of the autograph though I did buy a couple
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