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Lucas, Ira Jackson (Jack), Cpl.
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Home Town Princeton, West Virginia
Last Address Roanoke, VA
Date of Passing Aug 20, 2004
Location of Interment Sherwood Memorial Park - Salem, Virginia
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Unknown why options not available to list that he was a member of the 11th Airborne Division as a paratrooper - but that's what he was. One combat jump.
Had paratrooper and glider wings. Expert bars with Rifle and Carbine. Honorable Service Lapel Button, WWII.
Description (Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945) After Leyte came Mindoro, which was invaded on 15 December 1944, an air strip being obtained to provide a base for operations during the invasion on Luzon. American troops landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf on g January 1945 and pushed to Manila, which the Japanese defended vigorously until 24 February. Rather than meet the Americans in a decisive battle, the Japanese decided to fight delaying actions in numerous places. Organized resistance ended in southern Luzon in April and in central and northern Luzon in June.