“I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow soldiers that day were, in fact, legendary. People like Lori Piestewa and First Sergeant Dowdy who picked up fellow soldiers in harm's way. Or people like Patrick Miller and Sergeant Donald Walters who actually fought until the very end. The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate tales.”
Quote by Jessica Lynch
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Jessica Lynch
American soldier, famous prisoner of war during the Iraq War. Born in the United States in 1983, she joined the U.S. Army in 2001. During the Iraq War in 2003, she was captured by the Iraqi army after an ambush in the city of Nasiriyah in northern Iraq, becoming an international focus of attention. more
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