Teenage Marine Jumps on 2 Grenades to save his Squad
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Simple History, at 5:41⊠Marines are not âsoldiersâ.
@Smokey Mcb negative. Iâm a United States Marine, and we are not âsoldiersâ. Your opinion will only lead to you getting knocked out.
Imagine the courage and love for his brothers he had to have to do that.
And he lived, too. Good man.
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The more amazing thing is they werenât even really brothers he had just met these guys. He didnât even know them, and he still jumped on that grenade.
One other thing that should have been mentioned:
Later at age 40 he joined the 82nd Airborne to get over his fear of heights. On a training jump both of his parachutes failed and sent him hurtling 3,500 feet to the ground. When he hit the ground he did a commando roll and walked away unharmed. He was not called Mr. Immortal for nothing
LEGEND
I think it's more likely that his chute caught a tree or something, a commando roll doesn't just cancel out that kind of g forces, even David belle wouldn't had been able to go through that unscathed or even be able to time the roll as you reach pretty fast speeds, it would be among impossible things like dodging a bullet fired at light speed
@@kekekeke2200 commando rolls just spread out the force across your whole body, resulting in moderate damage to everything instead of severe damage to one thing. but yeah that story seems a LITTLE far fetched.
@@ForzaMonkey yeah, and also the few people who do survive such things are usually unconscious which avoids the shock such can kill you let alone the injuries
@Hoovy Simulator 2 yeah, of course it will still slow your fall somewhat. Although it doesn't slow you down that much especially from that distance of a fall, even getting your chute caught by a tree with it fully opened is still very rough,
My merit: was previously a combat medic in a marksman squad in the Russian military
One thing you didn't mention is at the Medal Of Honor awards ceremony there were others (of course), One of the other Marines receiving a MOH that day was Captain (then a Major) Robert Hugo Dunlap, the captain who was his platoon commander for the landing. He received his for a different action involving risking his life to direct artillery fire from an exposed position. Just mentioning it because it was kind of cool that two men from the same unit who had a connection prior to the landing would be awarded the Medal Of Honor.
Who cares
@@xaylink2221 I care
@@xaylink2221 I do, and I'm sure that many others do too. This was an interesting fact that I like knowing. :)
@@xaylink2221 I too, care about this cool information!
I thought it was US policy (at least of the time) to never issue more than 1 MoH per unit (I believe Division?).
This would be running counter to what I believed previously.
This man jumped onto 2 grenades and managed to live for the rest of his life while another soldier in Hong Kong threw himself onto a grenade and died instantly, what a mad lad this guy was.
Everyone jumping onto a grenade will live "for the rest of his life". Whether it be a few seconds or decades to come is what makes the difference.đ
He lived but it was not an easy thing. I doubt he thought he would live. He felt the grenades the rest of his life.
Major Osborne
And yet, most of the time in this type of situation, no one jumped on top of the grenade, and it killed several people when it went off.....
There is one more guy named Baldomero Lopéz fought in the battle of Incheon in the Korean War and also died of jumping onto a grenade. A lot of people have not heard of this
He wasn't even an adult, yet showed more courage than most.
Yes saving a bunch of dudes lives is dumb
@@randomcow6440 youâre on the side line judging while he was in combat. You donât know what was going through his head
@@bandz1of169 never judged the guy saving his comrades lives, pointing out the top dudes reply to this
@Greenish Man Young and brave actually. He was in a way being dumb but he wanted to serve his country not like teenage boys today who do idiotic stuff on social media.
He may not have been an adult by age, but that Marine was a man.
US Marine Corp-"You're too young, you got's to go."
Jack Lucas-"Yeah!!! I'll join the Army instead."
US Marine Corp-"OK OK OK!!! You can stay."
You know how US Marines are
They learned their lesson after turning away Audie Murphy lol
He risked his life to save his fellow Marines. Semper Fi Jack Lucas.
Saying risked makes it seem like he knew he was doing something dangerous, that might very well get him killed.
A grenade is supposed to be near guaranteed death. He did 2. He had to be "certain" he was dying that day. Sometimes you get lucky.
(Imagine if he had jumped on them from the opposite direction, no head)
We need a new word for that kind of thing TBH.
@@lordgarion514 Yes, he is luckky, one of that grenade is last ditch weapon
He wasn't just looking out for himself but also his brothers in arms. That's one excellent soldierđđ»
Marine
@Rhett give over mate u knew exactly what he meant no need to be like that man đ
@@parzival6723 itâs considered disrespectful to call marines soldiers, soldiers marines etc. especially for the ones that have passed.
@@parzival6723 Exactly Marines donât get a lot of recognition so itâs considered respectful to call them Marines because if you call them soldiers people think theyâre in the army which they are not. Especially if they earned the Medal of Honor
@@bloxzlol2346 Yes but we are on a whole other level than the army. I hate being called a soldier, although it doesnât happen very often
*The British Soldier who also sacrificed his life by diving onto a grenade:* Finally, a worthy opponent!!
@Leo the British-Filipino lmao yes
Whats amazing is he survived..... Damn.... I was thinking the award given posthumously
@Arthuria Pendragon it's actually not too uncommon for a person to survive it. Not saying it happens all of the time but it happens alot more often than you think. Usually the person is badly maimed afterwards though
Very, VERY true. Except the British Soldier actually died. But the fact that a TEENAGER almost got himself killed trying to proect his fellow soldiers is the really astounding thing.
Meanwhile Some Medic Who Kick A grenade:"oh hello there!"
To me Jack is no longer a private, but he was Captain America
His final rank was actually that of an Army Captain. So, you're on point!
@@reijiminato8762 Captain Jack
Not sparrow tho
These types of war stories are so interesting really war time is one of the most horrible time and seeing some risk there life to save other is so great
War brings out the worst and best in people
Bet Facebook grandma's will post this then say Back in the good old days teens were like this
But now they turned to dressing up in dresses and being gay đ
War bring stories for generatin
Fun fact: the circular grenade shown on the video is known as the Type 4 last ditch grenade (Not the rectangular grenade). They were made of ceramic and terracotta, and we're highly unreliable, because when thrown they just broke on the impact, rendering them useless. That might be the explanation on why the second grenade didn't exploded.
So lucky man
Huh! Interesting
The level of Simple Historyâs dedication to accuracy is astounding
I read this as a teen back in the 80s. The Judge told him I wish I had a hundred like you, most men try to get out of military service and we canât seem to keep you out. He also went back to high school and wore his medals, damn straight he earned them.
Imagine how strong the US would be if we had a nation of kids that wanted to go to war instead of playing on Facebook?
@@64maxpower That would be very unfortunate. I have a lot of respect for soldiers but most wars have no meaning. I would rather see the country have a mediocre generation that has a degenerated culture than all of it to be destroyed. Nothing good can come from war (most of the time).
@@restitutororbis964 I agree with you . My sarcasm was deep within my post
Man he mustâve been the talk of the school for a long time. I canât imagine how it felt working on some mitochondria assignment with a classmate who has been on the battlefield and survived jumping on two grenades.
@@restitutororbis964 I know this is old but you are a complete fool. A weak degenerate culture as we are sliding into now will lead to the destruction of the nation. Strong men build strong societies. And you are weak.
He is a true hero who sacrifice himself to save his team from two grenades, but he survived with a medal of honor, when he passed away, the government state his name to the destroyer. đđđ.
yo you just said what happend in the video lol
@@amagerboy đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Indeed a true hero
Umm, yeah? Have you not watched the video you're commenting on?
He deserved all the honour.
Imagine jumping on 2 grenades and surviving. This man was an absolute gigachad
I mean only one of them actually detonated, if the second one detonated he would've 100% died and it likely would've blown off his lower torso and legs. But yeah, the action of jumping on 2 grenades is mad
That ain't any normal teenage marine that's captain America
You dam right he is!
He isn't captain American tho đ
@@bloxzlol2346 he is much brave than captain America
Finally, I was looking for this comment lol. That was my immediate thought upon reading the title of this video.
âGet away!âŠ. Get back!âŠ.â
âIs this a test?â
For him to enlist at such as young age, wanting to go into battle and willingly jumped on a grenade, that's the mark of someone extraordinary. For that, I salute him for all of this. May Valhalla welcome this brave Marine.
The teenage marine is so brave, while I'm scared to swim because I still don't know how to swim...
Just use graded exposure. I got over fear of swimming & ended up doing scuba diving
Courage isn't the absence of fear. It is the overcoming of fear.
This is why children should be taught to swim at a young age. Like 3-5 years old
Lol how do you not know how to swim
You can swim, just use your arms and legs to constantly push water down and around you to keep yourself afloat plus having air in you lungs helps keep you buoyant thatâs why when you see people go swim under water they do a big exhales they donât stay floating near the top, you can get over your fear mate I believe in you
People say that they would sacrifice their life at any time. This may be true, but you would never know until you were in that moment.
âWeâre gonna have to kick you outâ
âThatâs fine, Iâll join the armyâ
âANYONE BUT THOSE BASTARDSâ
My dear grandfather, Nikolai was a decorated WW2 veteran too. Back in 2015, I had the opportunity to witness the traditional immortal regiment campaign in Alaska.
2022 is a very special year, I can't wait for this October.
What
@@CR7GOATofFootball relating to the video
2022
Is a special year?
U sure we can survive?
@@APersonOnCZcamsX oh I haven't watched the video. Gotta watch it bruh.
My dad joined the USMC in 1953 when he was 13. He wrote a letter to my grandmother telling her that he was getting deployed to Korea. She dimed him out and he was kicked out. He joined again in 55 and stayed in the marines until 1960. A year later he joined the US Army and eventually the Green Berets. Rest in peace dad.
Gary "Goofy Grape" Gilmer
SFG Camp A325 Duc Hue Vietnam
How did he join at 13? Did he look older?
@@Bmuenks31 yeah and also the military wasn't very thorough about background checks
What a legend rest in peace
Back again with my request lol. I'd love to see a video about the British soldier eric harden, during the liberation of the netherlands in 1945 there was a slaughter at a field, it was mid winter and reinforcements were ways out. There were alot of injured people in the battlefield freezing and beelding to death, eric left base camp and ran out mutliple times saving people. Every time he ran out he got shot at and hit mutliple times. After being ordered not to go back out. He went another time but this time he got shot in the head by a sniper. For his heroic deeds he was given the victoria cross for his herooc deeds
I hope this gets made!
That man gets my complete respect
Most teens: I am sneaking out to have some fun !
Jack Lucas:
I remember reading that Jack had pieces of shrapnel in his chest for the rest of his life.
Truly an American Hero.
1:55
I love the generosity of m1 garand ping
Simple History, I am grateful that you present the stories of these hero's to us. Otherwise the stories of their valor would be lost through time.
I love how his response to being caught was that he'll join the Army if they kicked him out of the Marines
Interesting fact : Captain Robert Dunlap the company commander that Jack served under at iwo jima also received the medal of honor at iwo jima for his actions at directing naval gunfire. 25%of the medals of honors presented to marines during wwii were for actions at iwo jima.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hugo_Dunlap
IMO, everyone who was couraged to put himself in Iwo Jima deserves a MoH, either the American or the Japanese. Thanks for the great information anyway.
One night there were 2 Marines in a foxhole at the military crest of a hill. The 2 Marines were attacked by an entire platoon of Japanese who where intending to roll over them and the 1 Marine in the foxhole at the base of the back side of the hill which would give them the run of the Marine company HQ.
The only problem with the plan was the 2 Marines at the top were both from Texas.
When it was over they were still alive and not a single Japanese had made it past them. The older of the 2, Sgt William Harrell, who had done the bulk of the fighting while the other Marine had run down to get a rifle to replace his jammed one, received the Medal of Honor for this action.
@@txgunguy2766 I am familiar with that story the other man carter recieved the navy cross. Harrell life in his last days post war were a contrast to his heroism at iwo. Harrell lost both hands at iwo but built a good life he was chief of the prosthetics division at the VA in San Antonio TX had a wife and two kids. Well that changed sometime after midnight on August 9 1964. His wife and kids were out of town visiting relatives in New York when Harrell killed friends Edward and Geraldine Zumwalt and himself with an m1 carbine. (Harrell son Gary said his dad learned how to shoot even with hooks) his wife and kids found the bodies in thier house the next day. No motive was ever determined.
@@Lupinthe3rd.
I am aware of that. It reminds me of FBI manhunter Melvin Pervis, who died of a gunshot wound to the head in 1960. The FBI investigation determined it was suicide but later analysis suggested that he died while trying to remove a tracer bullet that was stuck in the pistol barrel.
This story deserves a movie for sure
Jack Lucas such a man on his age,
big respect to saving his comrade o7
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."- John 15:13
You forgot Mr. Lucas actually enlisting in the Army during the Vietnam War as an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne in 1961 (when Vietnam was just starting to heat up). He would later get commissioned as an Infantry Officer (in his early 40s) and achieve the rank of Captain before getting discharged from the Army due to a parachute jump accident.
I'm so glad you covered this, I read about this in a book once and I always hoped you would do a video about it
Damon, Iâm only 15 and I couldnât imagine me fighting in a war, props to Jack, may he rest in peace
That's incredible .. the mentality this young man had at such a young age is insane .
I read a book all about this guy, his story is insane, lots of respect for individuals with such courage
Thank you simple history! And maybe you can make a video about my great great uncle Billy Barker, a Canadian ace pilot in the great war who shot down 50 planes.
Definitely interested.
My uncle shot down 51
@@curiodyssey3867 awesome! What was his name? And I know it's not a competition but my uncle shot down 55 planes ( I think) and 68 unconfirmed kills
@Leo the British-Filipino cool!
My mans got chad in his bloodline.
Great video as always. Though I think you have a bit too much focus on military history, so here's a few (mostly) non-military topics id be happy if you made a video about:
1) The Hansa, the first multinational cooperation?
2) Tulipmania, the first speculation bubble
3) Life as a nun/monk in a medieval monastery
4) The life inside the forbidden city, how Chinese emperors rules
5) The roman senate, how it worked
6) Famous Greek philosophers, Platon/Socrates
7) The life of Einstein
8) Vikings in Vinland, Leif eriksson
The biggest reason topics like these aren't covered is because they're all extremely boring. People like hearing exciting stories, like this three-minute video on a teenager who jumped on two grenades and lived, rather than boring stories. While it does change the pace, it doesn't change the demand.
Stories like this fill me with pride for my marine corps and for my country.
Before I got out of the corps, I met a guy who dove on a live grenade to save men in his squad, but the grenade fuse failed and never exploded. He said, âI am NEVER doing that againâ.
I got some interesting and underrated national suggestions:
*Ioan Sion* - The WW2 Romanian general who blew up a T-34 tank with a bag of grenades
*Maria Zaharia* - The 12 year old soldier girl who died giving vital information to the Romanian Army (regarding the German army's movements) during WW1 and made them win the Battle of Marasesti
*Marin Lungu* - The Youngest WW2, 6 year old Soldier who fought the Nazis and lived
*Ecaterina Teodoroiu* (who recently got a new banknote in Romania and a world record at that) - The first female officer of WW1's Romanian Army aka the "Joan of Arc of Romania".
That would be awesome to hear about hopefully simple history hears it and does a video about them đđđ
They did for the lil boy
@@Notagoodgoalie35 The Soviet one?
@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 yes
@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 czcams.com/video/GXzpd7GxyfE/video.html
Excellent stoked fantastic job fellows!! Very good job indeed and rest in peace, Jack, you were a brave and honorable man. đșđžđ„đ
This man was a true hero. Rest easy Marine we have the watch.
I love stories like this.
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This is what true power of friendship looks like.
Narrator âmedics usually donât carry arms.â Medic: sees enemy charging immediately emptys clip. classic đđ
The quality of the videos just keep getting better, great work!
Bless this man's service
I'm glad your telling his story
DAYUM when did the animation get so good, no matter what im digging it.
It doesn't matter how old you are, anyone can be a hero. Although I wonder what would've happened if he stomped on a grenade. Does anyone know what happened if you stomped on a grenade?
The same things that happans when you lay on it.yoy gotta toss them. Or be a hero.
@@stonii420 stomping on a grenade will just end with oyu losing your leg
No different if you lay on it... What a stupid question.
@@desertfoxxx98 đđđ
you may lose your leg and die of blood loss important blood vessels circulate through the legs
I read about him in a book years ago back in middle school! It had all sorts of heroic WWII accounts. Wish I could find that book again.
Thank you for this video.
For a man his age he is one brave man to jump on two generades and im also happy he got on that ship he must have been happy to fight
I guess you could say "they were blown away by his heroism"
lol
I see what you did there
đ fortunately they didn't have to be, BECAUSE of his heroism
This fourteen year old malingered his way into the marines, qualified sharpshooter, and got shipped to Pearl Harbor before his superiors discovered his actual age.
He then snuck aboard a ship, and for the price of rank demotion was allowed to join the landing party. He finally took a grenade to the chest, saving his comrades, and spent months in medical rehab. Won a Medal of Honour, joined the 82nd Airborne in his 40's, lived up to the good age of 88, and had a destroyer named after him.
Crazy to imagine this all began with a fourteen year old breaking some rules. God Bless him.
The amount of extreme courage and national pride/patriotism he had.
I love that you added the distinct M1 Garand ping in clips
Yup but sometimes he reuses animations which is kinda lazy
@@bloxzlol2346 canât call them lazy if they making good historical content their animations are getting better every year
@@adrianfeliz4779 ya but I was saying he reuse animations which is lazy I wasn't talking about the quality of his animations
What an Honorable man! God bless him.
Damn, what a legend. Surely a miracle that he was able to survive that grenade blast.
Similar to that Canadian in Hong Kong who throw himself to a grenade
You can't make these tales of heroism and craziness up.
There's a reason they are called the greatest generation. Those guys were just built different. I can't even imagine being in a situation like that.
Things like this inspires me
Pfc. Harold Gonzalves did something similar on Okinawa in 1945. He did not survive.
The Jungle Warfare Training Center base camp in northern Okinawa is named after him.
Both truly amazing, selfless acts.
âHe emptied the entire clip into him.â
Thisâs my only complaint, is saying the M-1 Carbine used a clip, when it used a magazine. Other than that, thisâs a inspirational video.
So glad Iâm not the only one who realized that
Brave kid
Wow, inspiring story of extraordinary courage.
âIâll just join the armyâ
âNevermind, best not waste yaâ
Very interesting simple history great video!
I love how Letters and Flags by Eastwood are referenced in this video.
Jack Lucas was Married to my Aunt Kathy and was always so sweet to me. He bought me my first big wheel and because I didn't finish my food at Ward's I couldn't ride it. Funny Story my Grandfather and Jack both were Marines and served at Iwo Jima. If you go to the World War 2 museum in New Orleans this is the story that is told by the staff he was very influential in getting the museum built. Jack passed away in 2008 he had a heart transplant and later died of Leukemia. A part of the highway in Hattiesburg MS is named after him I remember riding in his red Chrysler Leberon convertible to buy his home as a kid and then planting a garden. His đ of honor was donated to Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg by his widow. Jack actually was awarded 2 Medal of Honors I still have the book he gave me before he died. He was a great man.
Semper Fi sir! My love and admiration to you Sir
A young blood and hero to his team â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž
Not one but 2 grenades....... He still wanted to fight and give his best.
@@expandedhistory sorry yt didn't give me the notification I shall take a look I agree Marines Never Die.....
Truly we shall never see a generation like them again.
Dude was a 9th grader enlisting to war
Keep up the awesome work
As soon as I seen the title I didn't think he would have made it so hearing the ending is insane
Marines: Your Young and You will be discharged
Jack: So the Army is nice this time of year
Marines: *Surprised Pikachu face*
Wow! What a hero!
It's incredible that a sickness finished what the grenade's started, the mad man
bro the animation is everytime better and the gun sound is wow
Man I love simple history đđŸ
If only more of us today could be like him
Makes me shiver
What a hero! *salute*
In Jump School, both his chutes didn't open. He survived a fall from 3,500 feet to go on and dive on the grenades.
what a hero
It's almost as if he felt a calling to do what he did.
Jack was a brave and honorable man. Rest in peace
he died the same year that i was born. RIP Jack, he was an easily respectable man
Read about this in one of those history books made for kids when I was younger.
Grew up on military bases, i remember hearing this story in school from other kids
May he forever rest in peace for saving his comrades
Now that is a man who loves his country and makes me proud to be an American