Jessica Lynch

Jessica Lynch (born April 26, 1983) in Palestine, West Virginia. Lynch, a Quartermaster Corps Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army, was a prisoner of war of the Iraqi military in the 2003 invasion of Iraq who was rescued by United States forces on April 1, 2003. Lynch's rescue was the first of an American POW since World War II and the first ever of a woman.

External links and references

• Cable News Network, Iraqi who helped rescue POW granted asylum, April 29, 2003.
• Lumpkin, John J.,Iraqi's videotape guided raiders in Lynch's rescue, Associated Press, April 16, 2003.
• Associated Press, Residents Want Iraqi Who Helped Rescue POW Lynch to Visit West Virginia, April 9, 2003.
• Lynch, David J., Iraqi lawyer's courage leads Marines to Lynch, USA Today, April 3, 2003.
• Baker, Peter, Iraqi Man Risked All to Help Free American Soldier, Washington Post, April 3, 2003.
• Gannett, CIA Agent Provided Key Information in Rescue of Jessica Lynch, April 16, 2003.
• The Guardian, The Truth about Jessica, May 15, 2003.
• BBC News Online, Saving Private Lynch story 'flawed', May 16, 2003.
• Priest, Dana, William Booth and Susan Schmidt, A Broken Body, a Broken Story, Pieced Together : Investigation Reveals Lynch -- Still in Hospital After 67 Days -- Suffered Bone-Crushing Injuries in Crash During Ambush, Washington Post, June 17, 2003.
• Lynch criticises US version of her ordeal