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Indestructible - The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima [Large Print] (Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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Indestructible - The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima [Large Print] (Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas's classic memoir of his
heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jima--with a foreword by Bob Dole and
reissued to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the battle in
2020. On February 20, 1945, the second day of the assault on Iwo
Jima--one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater in World
War II--Private Jack Lucas, who was only seventeen, and three other
Marines engaged in a close-proximity firefight with Japanese
soldiers. When two enemy grenades landed in their trench, Lucas
jumped on one and pulled the other under his body to save the lives
of his comrades. Lucas was blown into the air as his body was torn
apart by 250 entrance wounds. He was so severely wounded that his
team left him for dead. Miraculously, he survived. While on the
hospital ship Samaritan, his spirit soared to see the American flag
flying atop Mount Suribachi--the same flag immortalized in Joe
Rosenthal's iconic photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Lucas
endured twenty-one grueling surgeries and carried 200 pieces of
shrapnel in his body for the rest of his life. Awarded the Medal of
Honor, he became the youngest Marine in U.S. history--and the
youngest of all World War II servicemen--to receive the honor.
Indestructible tells the remarkable story of an extraordinary
American possessed with a fierce determination to serve his
country.
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