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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Jack H Jacobs ~ December 14, 2009
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Posted on 12/13/2009 5:00:00 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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~ Hall of Heroes ~ Jack H. Jacobs All info from this website. |
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Jack H. Jacobs (born August 2, 1945) is a retired Colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. He currently serves as a military analyst for MSNBC and previously worked as an investment manager. |
Born in Brooklyn, New York and living in Queens near LaGuardia Airport as a child, Jacobs moved with his family to Woodbridge Township, New Jersey in the mid-1950s and was a 1962 graduate of Woodbridge High School. He entered military service through Rutgers University's Army ROTC program, where he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees, and received the Medal of Honor in 1969 for exceptional heroism on the battlefields of Vietnam. He also holds two Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, and two Purple Heart Medals. Jacobs was an advisor to a Vietnamese infantry battalion when it came under a devastating fire that disabled the commander. Although bleeding from severe head wounds, then 1LT Jacobs took command, withdrew the unit to safety, and returned again and again under intense fire to rescue the wounded and perform life-saving first aid. He saved the lives of a U.S. advisor and 13 allied soldiers.
Jacobs served on the faculty of the United States Military Academy at West Point and the National War College in Washington, D.C. After retirement, he founded and was chief operating officer of Auto Finance Group. As a managing director of Bankers Trust Co., he led Global Investment Management to $2.2 billion in assets and later co-founded a similar business for Lehman Brothers. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is the Vice Chairman of the Medal of Honor Foundation. He is also a military analyst for NBC/MSNBC.
Jacobs is married, has a grown daughter and two sons, and he lives in Far Hills, New Jersey. He has also been a resident of the Millington section of Long Hill Township, New Jersey.
In October 2008, the Penguin Group published Jack Jacobs' memoir, If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice In America's Time of Need, coauthored with New York Times best-selling author, Douglas Century, with a foreword by NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor Brian Williams.
In 2009 Jack Jacobs appeared on The Colbert Report as part of the Doom Bunker segment. |
Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Jacobs (then 1st Lt.), Infantry, distinguished himself while serving as assistant battalion adviser, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam. The 2d Battalion was advancing to contact when it came under intense heavy machine gun and mortar fire from a Viet Cong battalion positioned in well fortified bunkers. As the 2d Battalion deployed into attack formation its advance was halted by devastating fire. Capt. Jacobs, with the command element of the lead company, called for and directed air strikes on the enemy positions to facilitate a renewed attack. Due to the intensity of the enemy fire and heavy casualties to the command group, including the company commander, the attack stopped and the friendly troops became disorganized. Although wounded by mortar fragments, Capt. Jacobs assumed command of the allied company, ordered a withdrawal from the exposed position and established a defensive perimeter. Despite profuse bleeding from head wounds which impaired his vision, Capt. Jacobs, with complete disregard for his safety, returned under intense fire to evacuate a seriously wounded adviser to the safety of a wooded area where he administered lifesaving first aid. He then returned through heavy automatic weapons fire to evacuate the wounded company commander. Capt. Jacobs made repeated trips across the fire-swept open rice paddies evacuating wounded and their weapons. On 3 separate occasions, Capt. Jacobs contacted and drove off Viet Cong squads who were searching for allied wounded and weapons, single-handedly killing 3 and wounding several others. His gallant actions and extraordinary heroism saved the lives of 1 U.S. adviser and 13 allied soldiers. Through his effort the allied company was restored to an effective fighting unit and prevented defeat of the friendly forces by a strong and determined enemy. Capt. Jacobs, by his gallantry and bravery in action in the highest traditions of the military service, has reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
Thank you, sir, for your service to our country!
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.* * * * * * * * * * * *
Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.
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God Bless Our Republic
Prayers going up
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:01:01 PM PST
by
HopeandGlory
(Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
To: StarCMC; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; ...
Please note: The author of the Hall of Heroes is StarCMC.
Please thank her for todays thread.
Hall of Heroes: Jack H Jacobs
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:04:07 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: MoochPooch; Alouette; American Preservative; Yehuda; yonif; Tamar1973; richardtavor; USAF_TSgt; ...
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:06:08 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Aloha Night Owl!
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:08:19 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress!)
To: StarCMC
Thanks for the thread.
HUGZ
To: BIGLOOK
Aloha, Hawaii....Vista dumped me again.
I’ve spent all day working with each parent on either printer/scanner issues or email/font size/etc issues. All had good conclusions and we all learned some new stuff. I found a couple answers by surprise.
Did you have little wahines this weekend?
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:20:10 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: StarCMC
Thanks, Rudolph, for helping Star with today's Hall of Heroes: Jack H Jacobs.
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:20:35 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
No young wahines allowed during Christmas shopping weekends....don't want any peeking! When they come down we'll all head off to the beach or the park....somewhere away from the wrappings and stockings.
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:31:57 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress!)
To: txradioguy; tongue-tied; SoldierDad; mike1sg; Milo828; mystery-ak; CMS; The Sailor; Jet Jaguar; ...
Honoring Our Heroes 2LT Rebecca USA (Daughter of U S Army EOD) 3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad) AbnSarge USA Allegra aviator USAF Brett USN (CindyDawg) Brother and Son-in-Law (kalee) Cannoneer No. 4 CAPT Future Snake Eater USA (RightOnline) CAPT Jason Clendenin (friend of Frou) Chris USA (amom) Chuck USA (RightOnline) COL Mike (gpapa) CMS USA ConorMacNessa USN USMC David USAF (LUV W) Defender2 Deven USA (Shimmer) Ethan USMC (georgiabelle) Fred (DocRock) GulfWar1Vet USA IS2 Brianne USN (My Hearts in London - Everett) IS2 Heather USN (My Hearts in London - Everett) Jade Falcon USN JemiansTerror USA (Jemian) Jet Jaguar USAF Joel (NEMDF) Jonathan USMC (AZbushgal) Josh USN (doug from upland) Karen USA (fatima's granddaughter) Kenneth (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim) Kevin USMC (skimask) Kevin and David USA (vigilante2) Laurita USA LCPL Carter USMC Lindsay (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim) LT David (Coldwater Creek) M1911A1 USMC (M0sby) M1Tanker Major joma89 USAF MEG33's Navy Grandson Michael USAR (RightOnline) Mike1Sg USA (mystery-ak) Milo828 USA (mystery-ak) Nate USN (sneakers) Old Sarge USA OneLoyalAmerican USCG PFC Alan USA (brother-in-law Stonewall Jackson) PFC Dan USA (son of swmobuffalo) PFC Jake USMC (son of Enough_Deceit) Pvt Alex USA (son of Enough_Deceit) Robert, Jeremy, Daynnis USA (SoldierDad) Sat-Com Chris USA (son of KC Burke) SGT Ev USA (Mozie) SGT Gray USA (colorcountrys son) SGT Sean Reed (preed) Son USCG (GodBlessUSA) SPC Mike USA (AbnSarge) SPC William Akin USA (Step-son of BlueLancer) SrA The Black Knight USAF SSG Brian USA (repubmom) SSG Dustin USA (SIL of U S Army EOD) SSG Dusty USA (MountainDad) SSG Mitchel USA (tina07) SSG Spencer USA (grame) SSGT Don May Jr USMC (debm29palms) SSGT John Linde USA (JFoxbear) Terrence USN (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim) The Sailor tongue-tied USN/USA Tonkin USN/USCG txradioguy USA USAFSecurityForces (son of visualops & TheStickman) Valerie USAF (Shimmer) Victor and Tony D USMC (weldgophardline) William USA (jackv)
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:32:09 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska
Thank you for your dedication in setting up the Heroes thread every week Star . . . hug those munchins for me . . . ;-)Thank you Kathy for posting it every week . . . God be with you all!
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:35:38 PM PST
by
HopeandGlory
(Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
To: redrock; All
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:40:34 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: HopeandGlory
And in first....Nana Hope grabs the gold!!
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:10:35 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: BIGLOOK
And snagging the silver....Hawaii is second!!
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:13:08 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Prayers needed.
From Freeper waterhill...
atrick Zeigler
17690 F.M. 1567
Lone Oak, TX 75453
Dont want to be a downer...but, this soldier needs us... He is one of the Fort Hood victims...
Got this from RMEF. This guy is paralyzed on his left side. Has bullets in his brain and body. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is gonna send him on a hunt one day. He needs our love and support. Please send him a get well card...and your prayers.....
Rod, I dont want to hijack your thread, but this is a local guy.......
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:14:37 PM PST
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mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:15:07 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: waterhill
Forwarded for Prayers to the Canteen Warriors
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:16:45 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:22:45 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Jet Jaguar
And rounding out the top 3....JJ bags the bronze!!
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:23:03 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: All
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:23:42 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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