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Offline wrongwayric

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MOH winner Jack Lucas passes away
« on: June 05, 2008, 12:09:18 PM »
At the age of 14 he forged his mothers signature and joined the Marines, at the age of 17 he became the youngest service man to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the civil war, and the youngest Marine ever to receive it. Here is a link to his story.

http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/17/320639.aspx

Semper Fi  :salute
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Offline Maverick

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Re: MOH winner Jack Lucas passes away
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 12:14:04 PM »
RIP Pvt. Lucas. Your buddies are waiting for you with open arms.

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A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Re: MOH winner Jack Lucas passes away
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 12:19:38 PM »
Dam Great link wrongwayric, thanks for posting it.

 :salute Pvt. Lucas... WTG

RIP
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