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**djones520**

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/lucas.html

Of the 40,000 Marines who hit the beach at Iwo Jima on or around February 20th, 1945, 17-year-old Private Jack Lucas of the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division was one of the only infantrymen who assaulted the beachhead without a weapon. He changed that pretty quickly. He grabbed one off a dead man in the surf, racked the slide, and charged into battle.

Just a snippet of the whole thing. I never heard of this guy before, but he was probably the luckiest unlucky guy in the world.

Here's his wiki page as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacklyn_Lucas

**SagesStone**

What is it about being named Jack and being a badass in WWII?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

**Ouze**

Incredible story.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Notice that his name is Jacklyn... I think we just found the inspiration for "A Boy Named Sue"

**Relapse**

It says he was 14 but convinced the Marines he was 17 when he enlisted.

**Tibbsy**

To everyone here who appreciates badassery, badass of the week is an awesome website to subscribe to

I have it on my favourites, and I've lost hours just going through some of the stuff there..

**master of ordinance**

Feth me......

He wins Badass of the week.... hands down

**Grey Templar**

Pfffft, Russian soldiers went into battle without a weapon half the time