Incredible. No, I’d rather not think about what I was doing at 14 years of age.
WOW!
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks, 2DV.
Marine and Medal of Honor recipient Jacklyn H. Lucas is a true American Patriot.
When I was 14 I could have probably passed for 12.
Damn times change, I had to wait til I was 17 to join the paratroopers and the 82d Abn Div in 1973!
My father joined the Army at 17 and was under fire at the Hadong ambush. He was in the 29th Infantry Regiment. I still have the letter he sent my grandmother afterward.
He turned 18 a week later (the day he wrote the letter).
He mentioned she should not worry even though his unit “
got shot up pretty bad”. He also mentions the village they were in, and it was only about 60 miles south of Pyongyang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadong_Ambush
I won’t take this man’s courage or his determination away from him, but when I see a photo of him literally rubbing elbows with Hillary Clinton, I have to question his integrity and morals.
Lucas is the only CMOH recipient in history who left the military and returned to school as a ninth grader.
Thanks for posting this story. I had just been reading about Lucas, and about the time during a training neither of this chutes opened. He joined the Airborne unit to overcome his fear of heights.
Regardless of his political leanings, I would have liked to have met him.
Very good story, 2ndDiv. Great.