They Called His Plan "Suicide" — Until He Killed 11 Japanese and Dove on 2 Grenades
#ww2records #ww2history #wwii Why a 17-year-old Marine threw himself onto two Japanese grenades on Iwo Jima—and survived the kind of blast no one expected him to live through. February 20, 1945. Private First Class Jack Lucas was moving through a twisting ravine with three other Marines when Japanese troops launched a grenade attack. Two grenades landed inside the shallow fighting hole beside them. There was no time to run. Lucas shouted a warning, pushed himself over one grenade, and pulled the second beneath his body. Seconds later, the explosion tore through him, lifting him from the ground and filling his body with shrapnel. His comrades thought he was dead and continued the assault. But Jack Lucas was still alive. His decision saved three Marines and earned him the Medal of Honor, making him one of the youngest heroes in American military history. Subscribe to WW2 Vanguard for more untold World War II combat stories and forgotten battlefield heroes. #worldwar2 #ww2history #ww2 #wwii #ww2records
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