Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks (April 2006)

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"I expect this eloquent yet plain-spoken memoir to be the military book of its season." —Jim Hornfischer, military historian

At the height of the Battle of Iwo Jima, during a U.S. assault on a vital airfield on the day after the island invasion began, Jack Lucas and three other Marines were attacking a Japanese pillbox when two enemy grenades landed in their midst. Private Lucas jumped on both of them, driving them in the volcanic ash. Then they exploded. Thus did a seventeen-year-old from North Carolina become the youngest soldier in the twentieth century, and the youngest Marine in history, to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Today, when JACK LUCAS speaks, crowds gather to honor him and pay tribute to Marine heritage and pride. Mr. Lucas is as close a thing to a rock star as our World War II generation has.

About the Narrator: LLOYD JAMES hails from the Midwest. He received a B.A. in — theater from a small liberal-arts college in New Mexico. He acts in the theater when his schedule permits and spends much of his free time working in his garden. He lives in Virginia ,0 with his wife and son.