Jim G. Lucas

James Grifing Lucas (June 24, 1915 – July 22, 1971) was a

Born in Checotah, Oklahoma, the son of Jim Bob Lucas, Jr. and Effie Lincoln Griffing, he began his journalism career as the editor of his high school newspaper. Lucas attended the University of Missouri before going to work for the Muskogee Phoenix as a feature writer. He also worked in broadcasting for KBIX in Muskogee and for the Tulsa Tribune. During World War II, Lucas became a combat correspondent with the Marines, and began his association with Scripps-Howard before the end of the war. At the Battle of Tarawa, he was listed as killed in action for three days. For Lucas' vivid descriptions of that battle, he was awarded the 1943 National Headliners Award.

He was the first recipient of the

• Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999), Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners (illustrated ed.),
  ISBN 1-57356-111-8
• Lucas, Jim G. (1966), Dateline: Vietnam, New York: Award House,
  ISBN 1-125-20139-8
• Roth, Mitchel P.;
  ISBN 0-313-29171-3

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