Record #:

7110

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 10, Mar 2005, p94, 96, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Lucas, Jacklyn Harrell, 1928-2008