[oh8eleven]

"I woke up ... I laid there in fear.
I cried and begged them to please stop and to leave me alone."
And for this she was awarded a Bronze Star.

[MuttTheHoople]

She deserved the Purple Heart and a Prisoner of War Medal. Her Bronze Star (heck, the Silver Star or even DSM) should be given to Pfc. Patrick Miller.

Jessica Lynch did her duty the best she could, but war is a rough, violent place.

[Excellence]

I had no idea she was so badly injured.