[Jacquerie]

Incredible. No, I’d rather not think about what I was doing at 14 years of age.

[Gamecock]

WOW!
Thanks for posting this!

[jazusamo]

Thanks, 2DV.

Marine and Medal of Honor recipient Jacklyn H. Lucas is a true American Patriot.

[Tijeras_Slim]

When I was 14 I could have probably passed for 12.

[Jumper]

Damn times change, I had to wait til I was 17 to join the paratroopers and the 82d Abn Div in 1973!

[Mariner]

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

[Mathews]

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.

[ExNewsExSpook]

Lucas is the only CMOH recipient in history who left the military and returned to school as a ninth grader.

[ConsCA]

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.

[poconopundit]

Very good story, 2ndDiv. Great.