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
Yesterday she was feeling very weak, she was tired and she was hungry as well, ... And my mom said this morning when she called she was real high-spirited, she was able to talk a little louder, and she was excited.
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.
She taught me to be a stronger person. She was so strong herself that it kind of rubbed off, ... I feel that's why those nine days in that hospital -- that's why I got through it. Lori was there. I could feel her giving me strength to keep going.
It was hard getting stopped all the time when I wasn't used to it. It doesn't bother me now. But I don't want any special attention drawn to me,
It takes a brave bunch of people to risk their own lives to go in and free a hostage, ... We didn't even know she was captured, you know. Last we knew she was just missing in action.
There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them.
There's not day that goes by that I don't remember why I'm in the situation I'm in.
Nobody has told us not to talk about it. Our main concern is to get Jessie back on her feet in good health right now.
They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area.
Right now we are really not supposed to talk about that subject, you know, ... It is still an ongoing investigation, and we can't talk about nothing like that.
Somebody needs to start speaking for us and I'm hoping that's what the next liaison does. Now that we have a working understanding of city government, let's change it,
It was extremely hard. It will always be emotionally hard.
If I could, I would definitely do it again,
I think I provided a way to boost everybody's confidence about the war,