Over the next few days, we want to salute our military.
Marine First Lieutenant Jack Lummus, former Baylor University and New York Giants football star, was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism on Iwo Jima at the cost of his life, 8 March 1945.
On 17 January he embarked on the USS Highlands and landed at Saipan on 11 February. He reembarked the same day on LST 756 and landed against the Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945.
On 8 March when his rifle platoon was pinned down by enemy fire, he charged forward and, although wounded twice, singlehandedly destroyed three devastating enemy installations. While leading his men forward, he was mortally wounded by an exploding land mine, and that same day died of his wounds. Shortly before he died, he told the medic attending him: "Well, Doc, it looks like the Giants have lost a good end."
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
1st Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Lummus, Jr. USMC
1st Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Lummus, Jr. USMC
Marine First Lieutenant Jack Lummus, former Baylor University and New York Giants football star, was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism on Iwo Jima at the cost of his life, 8 March 1945.
On 17 January he embarked on the USS Highlands and landed at Saipan on 11 February. He reembarked the same day on LST 756 and landed against the Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945.
On 8 March when his rifle platoon was pinned down by enemy fire, he charged forward and, although wounded twice, singlehandedly destroyed three devastating enemy installations. While leading his men forward, he was mortally wounded by an exploding land mine, and that same day died of his wounds. Shortly before he died, he told the medic attending him: "Well, Doc, it looks like the Giants have lost a good end."
