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Falling on Grenades: The Indestructible Jacklyn H. Lucas (2018x30)

Fecha de emisión: Ene 31, 2018

Signup for your FREE trial →→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut That Time a 61 Year Old Farmer Won One of the World's Most Grueling Athletic Competitions https://youtu.be/_qFfzGK-ImE?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3fLCVklBGENr2Tsd2UPpOI The Story of the US National Anthem (and How it Became Part of the National Pastime) https://youtu.be/5zFkNBXcAB0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3fLCVklBGENr2Tsd2UPpOI In this video: Would you fall on a grenade to save your friends? How about two grenades? Jack H. Lucas did and became the youngest man to be awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest combat award. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/09/incredible-jacklyn-h-lucas/ Sources: http://www.cmohs.org/search-results.php?q=&x=56&y=7&rank=&organization=&division=&company=&conflict=War+In+Iraq http://science.howstuffworks.com/grenade2.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/us/06lucas.html?_r=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacklyn_H._Lucas http://www.anb.org/articles/06/06-00892.html http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-l/j-lucas.htm http://www.history.army.mil/moh/mohstats.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_2_grenade Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucas_JH.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_100213-N-1082Z-048_Marines_sort_mail_aboard_the_amphibious_dock_landing_ship_USS_Ashland_(LSD_48).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:24th_marines_wwii_iwo_jima.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Truman_congratulates_Hershel_Williams_on_being_awarded_the_Medal_of_Honor.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:140618-M-LI307-0155.jpg https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-203293726/stock-photo-concentrated-female-surgeon-performing-surgery-with-her-team-in