Private First Class Jacklyn Harold Lucas joined US Marines at 14

Although only 14 years of age, having a muscular build, 5 ft 8 in tall and weighing 180 pounds he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve without his mother's consent on 6 August 1942. He gave his age as 17, and went to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina for recruit training.

Private First Class Jacklyn Harold Lucas (14 February 1928 – 5 June 2008) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Iwo Jima campaign — for unhesitatingly hurling himself over his comrades upon one grenade and for pulling another one under himself.

One of the grenades exploded, and Lucas absorbed the entire blasting force of it with his own body. 

Private First Class Lucas, the youngest Marine ever to receive the United States' highest military decoration, survived and was presented the award by President Harry S. Truman at the White House on Friday, 5 October 1945.

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