I feel like such a sissy compared to this Marine!

Badass of the Week: Jacklyn H. Lucas

Makes ya humble don't it. Crazy

Sometimes, God walks with you. Jacklyn was apparently well-acquainted. Awesome nonetheless.

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In 1992, I was assigned to Ft. Bragg, home of the JFK Special Warfare Headquarters and home to the 82nd Airborne. Delta Force is also there. Anyway,they published a newspaper, as I recall it was called "Ripchord" or some such catchy name. Anyway, every paper had a section dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients and their stories. Some were so unbelievably impossible as to defy imagination, especially those from the WWI era.

One I distinctly remember was about a soldier who was injured and evacuated, recommended for the Medal for his actions at the time. He went AWOL from the hospital to rejoin his unit. His squad was wiped out in the ensuing battle and he fought on alone. He ending up capturing a bunch of Germans, while holding them at gunpoint during an artillery barrage, a huge boulder was dislodged and landed on his left arm pinning it in place. He still help his prisoners at bay with his free arm. He ordered the Germans to move the boulder, it wouldn't budge. He then ordered them to tie a tourniquet on his arm and amputate it at the elbow. They tied the tourniquet but refused to amputate the arm. He cut it off himself, but became unconscious in the process. When he awoke, the prisoners were still there. They carried him to safety behind American lines and turned themselves in. They said that they couldn't dishonor a man so brave.

I stepped on one of my son's Legos last night barefoot heading to the bathroom. I felt like I needed to be hospitalized after screaming like a school girl. And to think I was bemoaning the stone bruise on my foot this morning!

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WOW......JUST WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That was an amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

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Week nothing - bad *** of a lifetime!

I'd like to say they don't make them like that anymore. The truth is, they never have made many, but they still turn out a precious few.

Not all are men. Many years ago, a thirty-six-year-old, five-foot-one, 105 pound woman here saw a car--one of the behemoths they built in the '60's--fall on her teenaged son, who was working under it.

She lifted it off of him, unassisted, and held it up till he could drag himself out from under it. Broke her back in three places.

Such people have always been rare and always will be. They're the exceptional ones who make us feel small.

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Oh well, what the hell.

He ended his life in Hattiesburg, Ms. and is buried at Highland Park Cemetery in Hattiesburg. He has a very large tombstone with the American flag flying over it. He died before I retired four years ago and I was honored to be one of the officers who escorted his funeral procession. He had a table at the Louisville gun show sometimes and often was set up next to R. Lee Ermey where he sold copies of his book about his life. I got to talk with him for awhile in Hattiesburg back in 2008. I didn't like his politics but I did like his attitude about most things. U.S. Highway 49 South of Hattiesburg is named in his honor.

Dang! I always joked that I was tougher than boiled owl ummm...droppings, but THAT guy really was...

I'm tellin' you man-them Lithwoks are tough!!!!

That was a great read, thank you!!

Badass of the 20th Century! At the gates of heaven, he was moved to the front of the line with a special place reserved for him.

There are some out there, for sure...

Check out Roy Benavidez and Bob Howard (add 'Medal of Honor')
if he doesn't come up right away.

Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances! Some will answer the call and succeed, others will try, and others may do neither. These brave few answered the call for all of us.

He was an excellent Marine and example to the American public. These guys are probably hefting a cigar with him and a beer in some Beer Garden somewhere:

Manila John:


Dan Daly:


[IMG]categories: Service (actions while in uniform), Legacy (how their service continued to impact the Corps and the world) and Motivation (esprit de corps and overall badassery) One was dubbed the “greatest of all Leathernecks” and Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler described the other as the “fightin’est Marine (he) ever knew.” The reputations that once preceded them have since turned into folklore. Daly and Lejeune served the Corps faithfully for 30 and 40 years, respectively. They each lead men through some of the fiercest battles of World War I. Son of a Confederate Army captain, Lejeune served many billets from Boston to the Philippines and participated in operations in Panama, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Nicaragua. During WWI, the Pointe Coupee, La., native was the second Marine officer ever to lead an Army divisional command (Brig. Gen. Charles A. Doyen was the first). During the war, the French Government recognized him as a strategist and leader and presented him the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. He also received an Army Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his service in Europe. Daly is one of 19 men in U.S. history to receive the Medal of Honor twice. Despite his small stature (only 5’6” tall and 135 lbs.), Daly stood tall amongst Marines. His service also took him throughout the U.S. and Mexico to the Pacific and Europe, where his exploits further garnered his reputation. His decorations and medals include the Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, China Relief Expedition Medal, Philippine Campaign Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Mexican Service Medal, Haitian Campaign Medal, and the World War I Victory Medal. He also received the Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre, Fourragère from the French government. Service: Close call, but two Medals of Honor speak for themselves – Daly. Lejeune dedicated his life to the Corps and was a pillar of professional advancement among Marines. Through his guidance and leadership, the Corps continues to be an elite cadre of professionals. Lejeune developed what became the Marine Corps Institute in 1919. MCI facilitates the training and education of individual Marines. Today, the program continues to provide opportunities to improve performance and enhance professional military education. On Nov. 1, 1921, Lejeune issued his birthday message, which continues to be read annually at birthday ball celebrations across the Corps. Lejeune was the first head of the Marine Corps Association and founded the Marine Corps League, the only Congressionally chartered USMC-related veterans organization in the U.S. In his honor, five statues, four buildings, a Navy transport ship and one of the Corps’ busiest installations bear the name ‘Lejeune’. Daly’s legacy is less tangible than Lejeune’s. To this day, he’s still revered for his tenacity as a Marine, and you’d be hard pressed to find a member of the Corps who doesn’t know one of his motivating quotes. Annual awards given out by several Marine Corps organizations bear his name, but when it comes to leaving behind a legacy, Lejeune is matched by few of the Marines in this tournament. Legacy: Lejeune (pronounced “Luh-JEHRN”). Lejeune contributed to the Corps in a way few have, or will, but his impact is a more broad and lasting one. He helped to ensure there would be a Marine Corps for the coming decades, but Daly could motivate men to storm the gates of hell. When Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Marine Division in 1918, he immediately concentrated on developing a solid drive of infantry, artillery, and engineers, rehearsing his units from platoon to division level, and was not satisfied until every man realized what he was supposed to do. He demanded such perfection from his gunners that his infantry would not hesitate to follow a barrage at almost suicidal distance. However, Lejeune himself once called Sgt. Maj. Daly “the outstanding Marine of all time.” And who am I to argue with a deceased general? In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Glen Cove, N.Y., native received his first Medal of Honor for single-handedly defending the U.S. Embassy in Beijing against repeated attacks, inflicting an estimated 200 casualties. Fifteen years later, then-Gunnery Sgt. Daly earned his second Medal of Honor while on a reconnaissance mission in Haiti. A force of approximately 400 Haitian insurgents ambushed Daly and a platoon of 35 Marines. The Marines, outnumbered and outgunned, managed to push their way across a river to set up defensive positions, but their heavy machine gun didn’t make it. Legend has it that Daly waited for nightfall and singlehandedly retrieved the machine gun to fortify the Marines’ defensive. As if his previous badassery wasn’t enough, a 44-year-old Daly went on to lead men through WWI. He fought in several campaigns with the American Expeditionary Force in France, earning more combat medals- one when he crawled out under heavy enemy fire and rescued a half-dozen wounded Marines, another when he captured 13 German soldiers, and a third when he single-handedly took out a heavily-fortified German machine gun nest. Of course, he wasn’t done there. During the iconic Battle of Belleau Wood, after being pinned down by a barrage of German artillery and gunfire, Daly supposedly clenched his weapon, and shouted, “Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?” and led the devil dogs’ charge “over the top.” Soon thereafter, the U.S. High Command in France received the following telegram: “Woods now U.S. Marine Corps entirely.” Daly was reportedly offered an officer’s commission twice, to which he replied he would rather be “an outstanding sergeant, than just another officer.”[/IMG]



Couldnt have this thread without these two in it:
Chesty Puller:

Pappy Boyington:

Excellent - thank you.

Dunno if this also includes mine above but, ill bite anyway.
If I can remember to do so? I was thinking of doing some on Navy, USAF and Army guys--just not enough time to do so.

I've read a few of these. All those guys..... Definitely bad!

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It did, but I didn't want to just reply & copy everything.

Hope you can find the time for the other posts...

Here is an interesting Marine thing for everyone else. In the Marine Corps officers salute an enlisted medal of honor recipient not the other way around.

When I was in one of my friends was a recon Marine whose primary MOS was a chute rigger. Anyway while he was in recon school one of the other guys in the school was a sergeant. As he was the only NCO in the group of trainees he was asked by others why he was there as a NCO. Because he wanted to be in recon was his answer. None of the instructors during training singled him out. But, close to graduation they had a "junk on the bunk" inspection. During these you must layout all your uniform gear in a perfect manner. My friend said this guy did nothing until right before the inspection then laid out his Metal Of Honor on his pillow. Everyone was in awe and when the inspecting officer to him the officer came to attention in front of the sergeant and said out standing Marine. In the Marine Corps should they decide to stay a Metal of Honor recipient was treated with the utmost respect, as they should be. Very few enlisted Marines have actual lived to receive the award. Of the 57 Marines who received the award in Vietnam only 5 enlisted men and 8 officers didn't receive it posthumous. The majority of the enlisted who EARNED it did so by smothering a grenade. And that is as SEMPER FI as it gets.

Cant forget this Tennessee boy. He pretty much single handedly captured 132 Germans, killed 28 and captured 35 machine guns. When asked how he did it he said he surrounded them. Today's snowflakes probably never heard of him.

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Somewhere the ball seems to have been dropped... This thread has really inspiring me to pick up the ball.

I do have some stuff that is originally mine--ill try to on Dorie Miller, Chester Nimitz and a couple others.

SERGEANT YORK, ive done a write up on him and posted it here some time ago. He was another of my "favorite" Medal of Honor Recipients.

Don't forget about this Texas boy

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I didnt-and actually posted a write-up on him and Colonel (BGen posthumously) William Orlando Darby. I think I did one on Staff Sergeant Lafayette G. Pool as well.