JESSICA LYNCH
Name: Jessica Dawn Lynch
Born: 26 April 1983 West Virginia
Jessica Dawn Lynch (b. April 26, 1983, Palestine, West Virginia) is a former
Quartermaster Corps Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army. Lynch
became famous after her widely publicized recovery by U.S. special operations
forces.
Lynch, along with major media outlets, have since accused the United States
Government of fabricating this story as part of the Pentagon's propaganda effort
to manipulate the American and global public opinion into accepting and
sympathizing with the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Nearly every aspect of her rescue story is disputed.[citation needed] Accounts
of the events in between Lynch's capture and her rescue were incomplete and
contradictory, and Lynch herself has no clear recollection of this period. Dr.
Greg Argyros, assistant chief of the Department of Medicine at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center where Lynch was treated, stated, "[A]nytime anybody goes through
a traumatic event of any kind, there is the risk that they may have a period
that they don't remember what happened."
On April 24, 2007 she testified in front of Congress that she had never fired
her weapon her M16 rifle jammed, as did all weapons systems assigned to her unit,
and that she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed. She woke
up later in an Iraqi hospital. She accused the media and the military of lying
for their own gain. She said during her testimony, "They should have found out
the facts before they spread the word like wildfire."
Name: Jessica Dawn Lynch
Born: 26 April 1983 West Virginia
Jessica Dawn Lynch (b. April 26, 1983, Palestine, West Virginia) is a former
Quartermaster Corps Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army. Lynch
became famous after her widely publicized recovery by U.S. special operations
forces.
Lynch, along with major media outlets, have since accused the United States
Government of fabricating this story as part of the Pentagon's propaganda effort
to manipulate the American and global public opinion into accepting and
sympathizing with the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Nearly every aspect of her rescue story is disputed.[citation needed] Accounts
of the events in between Lynch's capture and her rescue were incomplete and
contradictory, and Lynch herself has no clear recollection of this period. Dr.
Greg Argyros, assistant chief of the Department of Medicine at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center where Lynch was treated, stated, "[A]nytime anybody goes through
a traumatic event of any kind, there is the risk that they may have a period
that they don't remember what happened."
On April 24, 2007 she testified in front of Congress that she had never fired
her weapon her M16 rifle jammed, as did all weapons systems assigned to her unit,
and that she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed. She woke
up later in an Iraqi hospital. She accused the media and the military of lying
for their own gain. She said during her testimony, "They should have found out
the facts before they spread the word like wildfire."