02339cam a2200337 i 4500 504613412 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 200106t20202006||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062795625 pbk. 0062795627 pbk. IMmBT eng IMmBT rda QQ3 TxAuBib rda Lucas, Jack, 1928-2008, Indestructible. Indestructible : the unforgettable memoir of a Marine hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima / Jack H. Lucas with D.K. Drum. First William Morrow paperback edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020. ©2006. xiv, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. "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"--Goodreads.com. 20210101. Lucas, Jack 1928-2008. United States Marine Corps Marines, 26th. Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Japan. Nonfiction. Drum, D. K., author.