And just yesterday, the youngest Marine to get the Medal of Honor, died.
Jacklyn “Jack” Lucas was just six days past his 17th birthday in February 1945 when his heroism at Iwo Jima earned him the nation’s highest military honor. He used his body to shield three fellow squad members from two grenades, and he was nearly killed when one exploded.
“A couple of grenades rolled into the trench,” Lucas said shortly before he received the medal from President Truman in October 1945. “I hollered to my pals to get out and did a Superman dive at the grenades. I wasn’t a Superman after I got hit. I let out one helluva scream when that thing went off.”
He was left with more than 250 pieces of shrapnel in his body and in every major organ, and he endured 26 surgeries in the months after Iwo Jima.
He was the youngest serviceman to win the Medal of Honor in any conflict other than the Civil War.
That should give you some sort of idea of where the values of NPR lie. Do a search on their web-site for D-Day and you get ZERO results.
Search for Bobby Kennedy and you get 6 stories in the past three days.
We owe our freedom to these brave men. God bless them all.
By the way, have you been over at Google (apit) today? They changed the header, but not to what you think. They are honoring Diego Velazquez instead of D-Day. Guess they don’t want to piss off the Germans.
PIMF – (spit)
You’re not surprised, are you?
I posted a link to you here. Hope you don’t mind…
Not at all. Thanks!
Ah-ha! You are “that” Vilmar! Formerly of RWH?
Oh, hot damn! I’m happy now!
You just got put on my “visit every day” list!
Yep! That’s me!