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At seventeen, most people are students in high school. On February 20, 1945, Plymouth native Jack Lucas was seventeen years old and in combat against the Japanese on Iwo Jima during World War II. Lucas was severely wounded when he threw himself on a grenade to protect his buddies. For his heroism President Harry S. Truman presented him the Medal of Honor, the highest award bestowed for valor in action against an enemy. Later in life he received North Carolina's prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine, and he was recognized during President William Jefferson Clinton's 1995 State of the Union address.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 10, Mar 2005, p94, 96, por Periodical Website
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37418
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Jacklyn Harold Lucas, born in 1928 in Plymouth, NC to Louis Harold Lucas and his wife, Margaret Viola Edwards. Jack enlisted in the Marines underage in WWII, was allowed to stay in the military and went on to serve in the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Jack and three other Marines were in a trench and were being attacked by eleven Japanese soldiers. Lucas threw himself on top of two hand grenades to protect his buddies and was seriously wounded. He was presented the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House in October 1945 by President Truman. He was the youngest man to ever receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.