Jessica Lynch
Jessica Lynch
Jessica Dawn Lynchis a former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Lynch was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi forces during the Battle of Nasiriyah. Lynch was seriously injured and captured making her the first woman to be taken POW in U.S. Military history. Her subsequent recovery by U.S. Special...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 April 1983
CityPalestine, WV
CountryUnited States of America
We never really found a true solution to the R1 issue. We said we're going to enforce it more, but that doesn't solve the problem that you're trying to fight bad behavior with a law that singles out students and tries to keep them from living somewhere, ... Until we start talking about solutions and not treatments, it's going to be an issue again whether we like it or not.
I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.
Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On other days, we lost so many lives and so many brothers and sisters...on that aspect, no.
Honesty has always been very important to me.
I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.
I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.
I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.
I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.
I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.
Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.
I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn't in the right place.
The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.