![]() ![]() Here Colonel Jack Jacobs tell his story of honor and the personal code by which he has lived his life. For his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty," Colonel Jacobs received the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. He then returned again and again under intense fire, saving the lives of a U.S. Though severely injured, First Lieutenant Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit to safety. There, Jacob's true nature would reveal itself in a crucible of battle and bloodshed.Īcting as an advisor to a South Vietnamese infantry battalion, Jacobs was with his men when they were caught in a devastating ambush, and the commander was wounded. Born a second generation American in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, Jack Jacobs was the quint-essential common man - until he left college and found himself thrust into the chaos of combat in Vietnam. ![]()
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