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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.
Jun 4, 2015 · Twelve years ago, Jessica Lynch made international headlines when, as a private first class serving in Iraq, she was captured during an ambush – and famously rescued nine days later.
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 still wrestles with post traumatic stress disorder.
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.
Aug 1, 2023 · The loss Jessica Lynch can’t escape has little to do with her captivity and nationally televised rescue in the earliest days of the Iraq War. It’s the lost friend she dearly misses.
Jul 20, 2015 · Jessica Lynch received hero status after she was wounded and captured in the Iraq War. She says that was overblown; the West Virginia mother today gives motivational talks
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.
Sep 19, 2013 · Jessica Lynch is a former POW honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and POW medals. She was rescued by U.S. special forces on April 1, 2003, from an Iraqi hospital in Nasiriyah, where she was being held.
