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Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is an American teacher, actress, and former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a private first class.
Nov 10, 2003 · After months of secrecy and media diversion, now we know that former prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch was brutally raped by Iraqi thugs, shortly after she survived the horrific ambush of her 507th Maintenance Unit in Iraq.
Saving Jessica Lynch is a 2003 American television film that aired on NBC and features Canadian actress Laura Regan in the title role. The film begins with the ambush of Jessica Lynch 's convoy in the middle of an Iraqi city and follows a version of events that credits an Iraqi citizen, Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief , with being ...
Nov 2, 2021 · Eighteen years after she was captured by Iraqi forces on March 23, 2003 — at age 19, becoming the first American prisoner of war and first woman to be rescued since World War II — former U.S. soldier Jessica Lynch has learned to cope with physical and mental scars, as all veterans do, she told veterans at the Sgt. Simone A. Robinson Military Wom...
Jul 20, 2015 · At night the Iraqi men come again for Jessica Lynch. They chase her through the woods. The crunching of the earth beneath their boots drowns out her pounding breath.
Aug 24, 2022 · West Virginia native Jessica Lynch is recorded as the first successful rescue of an American prisoner of war since world war 2 and the first ever of a woman. Lynch joined the military after graduating high school in 2000 and deployed to Iraq in 2003.
Private First Class Jessica Lynch was a 19-year-old U.S. Army supply clerk with the 507th Maintenance Company based in Fort Bliss, Texas. While stationed in Iraq, she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces on March 23, 2003 after her convoy was ambushed near the city of Nasiriyah.
Aug 1, 2023 · Learn about former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch and her inspiring story of survival and recovery from the Iraq War.
Nov 2, 2023 · Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch told her audiences to persevere despite whatever obstacles they face during her visit here. Lynch, now a substitute teacher in West Virginia, is the first...
Apr 1, 2013 · Ten years after her dramatic rescue as a prisoner of war in Iraq made headlines, Jessica Lynch continues to persevere in the face of injuries and survivor’s guilt related to her ordeal.
