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04-03-2003, 06:17 AM
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continued firing at the Iraqis even after she sustained multiple gunshot wounds and watched several other soldiers in her unit die around her in fighting March 23, one official said.
"She was fighting to the death," the official said. "She did not want to be taken alive."
Lynch was also stabbed when Iraqi forces closed in on her position, the official said, noting that initial intelligence reports indicated that she had been stabbed to death
Lynch, of Palestine, W.Va., arrived yesterday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany. She was in "stable" condition, with broken arms and a broken leg in addition to the gunshot and stab wounds,
"Talk about spunk!" said Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), whom military officials had briefed on the rescue. "She just persevered. It takes that and a tremendous faith that your country is going to come and get you."
From Foxnews.com
The military campaign unfolded as Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a 19-year-old prisoner of war freed in a daring nighttime rescue, arrived in Germany for treatment of two broken legs and bullet wounds.
The former POW left Iraq on a stretcher with an American flag folded across her chest, and arrived at a U.S. air base in Germany late Wednesday for treatment at an American military medical center.
"She's real spirited. She hasn't eaten in eight days and she's hungry," said her father, Greg Lynch. "She wants some food."
U.S. officials in Kuwait said earlier she had two broken legs, a broken arm and at least one gunshot wound.
"She's weak, she knows she's injured and they're doing the best that they can to get her so she can travel," said her brother Greg Lynch Jr.
Lynch joined the Army after graduating from high school in 2001. Her brother Greg enlisted the same day. Her 18-year-old sister Brandi will report for duty in August."I still want to do it even more. It's the Lynch blood," Brandi Lynch said.
And West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise said the state would finance Lynch's education at a state public college or university of her choosing.
"She wants to become a teacher, and we are going to see that she becomes one," he said after visiting the Lynch family at home.
"They said it was going to be the biggest party this road had ever seen," Lynch's cousin Sherri McFee said as fire and police sirens blared in the background."Everybody was really worried ... but we all remained hopeful and knew she would be home," McFee said.
Lynch, an aspiring teacher, joined the Army to get an education and take advantage of a rare opportunity in a farming community with an unemployment rate of 15 percent -- one of the highest in West Virginia.
She was also following in the footsteps of her older brother Gregory, a National Guard member based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Jessica enlisted through the Army's delayed-entry program before graduating from Wirt County High School in Elizabeth.
Central Command spokesman Jim Wilkinson said: "We also have others, other POWs we are just as worried about. This is good news today but we need a lot more good news."
"America doesn't leave its heroes behind," Wilkinson added. "Never has. Never will."
Even Papabear's replies can't whipe the smile off my face right now :D . Even if half the things said above aren't true, I'm still proud as can be of her, and I think it's about time young women had someone to look up to, including myself. I also think it would be a disgrace if someone had to tell her that all her effort was done for nothing, because her place was at home with her family, not in the military.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14879-2003Apr2.html
continued firing at the Iraqis even after she sustained multiple gunshot wounds and watched several other soldiers in her unit die around her in fighting March 23, one official said.
"She was fighting to the death," the official said. "She did not want to be taken alive."
Lynch was also stabbed when Iraqi forces closed in on her position, the official said, noting that initial intelligence reports indicated that she had been stabbed to death
Lynch, of Palestine, W.Va., arrived yesterday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany. She was in "stable" condition, with broken arms and a broken leg in addition to the gunshot and stab wounds,
"Talk about spunk!" said Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), whom military officials had briefed on the rescue. "She just persevered. It takes that and a tremendous faith that your country is going to come and get you."
From Foxnews.com
The military campaign unfolded as Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a 19-year-old prisoner of war freed in a daring nighttime rescue, arrived in Germany for treatment of two broken legs and bullet wounds.
The former POW left Iraq on a stretcher with an American flag folded across her chest, and arrived at a U.S. air base in Germany late Wednesday for treatment at an American military medical center.
"She's real spirited. She hasn't eaten in eight days and she's hungry," said her father, Greg Lynch. "She wants some food."
U.S. officials in Kuwait said earlier she had two broken legs, a broken arm and at least one gunshot wound.
"She's weak, she knows she's injured and they're doing the best that they can to get her so she can travel," said her brother Greg Lynch Jr.
Lynch joined the Army after graduating from high school in 2001. Her brother Greg enlisted the same day. Her 18-year-old sister Brandi will report for duty in August."I still want to do it even more. It's the Lynch blood," Brandi Lynch said.
And West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise said the state would finance Lynch's education at a state public college or university of her choosing.
"She wants to become a teacher, and we are going to see that she becomes one," he said after visiting the Lynch family at home.
"They said it was going to be the biggest party this road had ever seen," Lynch's cousin Sherri McFee said as fire and police sirens blared in the background."Everybody was really worried ... but we all remained hopeful and knew she would be home," McFee said.
Lynch, an aspiring teacher, joined the Army to get an education and take advantage of a rare opportunity in a farming community with an unemployment rate of 15 percent -- one of the highest in West Virginia.
She was also following in the footsteps of her older brother Gregory, a National Guard member based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Jessica enlisted through the Army's delayed-entry program before graduating from Wirt County High School in Elizabeth.
Central Command spokesman Jim Wilkinson said: "We also have others, other POWs we are just as worried about. This is good news today but we need a lot more good news."
"America doesn't leave its heroes behind," Wilkinson added. "Never has. Never will."
Even Papabear's replies can't whipe the smile off my face right now :D . Even if half the things said above aren't true, I'm still proud as can be of her, and I think it's about time young women had someone to look up to, including myself. I also think it would be a disgrace if someone had to tell her that all her effort was done for nothing, because her place was at home with her family, not in the military.