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Purple Heart. Prisoner of War Medal. Other work. Teacher, actress. 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 · What Really Happened to Jessica Lynch? 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.
May 15, 2003 · Jessica Lynch became an icon of the war. An all-American heroine, the story of her capture by the Iraqis and her rescue by US special forces became one of the great patriotic moments of the...
Aug 1, 2023 · Her nine days of captivity ended on April 1 with a rescue by U.S. special operations forces. Broadcast news aired footage of Lynch being carried away on a stretcher. Lynch at a DAV Department of Indiana-hosted event with department Commander Bob Carnagey.
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...
