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Rescued U.S. soldier put up fierce fight - Wash Post WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Rescued U.S. soldier Jessica Lynch shot several Iraqi soldiers prior to her capture, firing her weapon until she ran out of ammunition, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. The 19-year-old Private First Class continued firing at the Iraqis even after she sustained multiple gunshot wounds and watched several other soldiers in her unit die around her, one official told the newspaper. "She was fighting to the death," the official was quoted as saying. "She did not want to be taken alive." Lynch...

POW Reportedly Fought Captors With Gun By JOE COLEMAN .c The Associated Press LANDSTUHL, Germany (AP) - Spirited but hungry, rescued prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch arrived in Germany for treatment of two broken legs and bullet wounds reportedly suffered in a fierce gun battle she waged against her Iraqi captors. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the 19-year-old Army supply clerk shot several Iraqi soldiers during the March 23 ambush that resulted in her capture. She kept firing even after she had several gunshot wounds, finally running out of ammunition, the newspaper said, citing unidentified U.S. officials. ``She...

Monday, April 07, 2003 During their tour at Fort Bliss, a sprawling military base on the western tip of Texas, Jessica Lynch and Lori Ann Piestewa had little choice but to spend time together. As logistics and supply specialists, their military duties constantly intertwined. When Private First Class Lynch needed to stock up on toilet paper or shaving kits for deploying troops, she ordered the gear from Private First Class Piestewa, stationed in a nearby warehouse. When they were not at work -- a rarity in the weeks leading up to the Iraqi war -- the pair shared a tiny...

<p>According to the Cable News Network ticker, Private First Class Jessica Lynch has been moved to intensive care as a precaution in Landstuhl, Germany to monitor fever, increased heart rate and any possible infection.</p> <p>Not mentioned whether her family did visit her in the ICU ward when thye came.</p>

Family of Rescued POW Arrives in Germany By JOSEPH COLEMAN .c The Associated Press LANDSTUHL, Germany (AP) - The American POW rescued by U.S. commandos in a daring raid in Iraq was reunited with her family Sunday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany. ``I can't wait to see her,'' Pfc. Jessica Lynch's mother, Deadra Lynch, said before leaving for Germany. Lynch's father, two siblings and a cousin also flew over from West Virginia. Their meeting comes a day after the family learned that eight members of Lynch's unit, the 507th Maintenance Company, were killed in the same ambush that...

POW Family Denies Daughter Shot, Stabbed By ALLISON BARKER .c The Associated Press PALESTINE, W.Va. (AP) - The father of rescued POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch said Thursday that she was in great spirits following her first surgery and denied reports she was shot and stabbed during her captivity in Iraq. ``We have heard and seen reports that she had multiple gunshot wounds and a knife stabbing. The doctor has not seen any of this,'' Gregory Lynch Sr. said.

<p>Marines were sent to rescue wounded members of the 507th Maintenance Company on March 23, the day the Fort Bliss unit was attacked in Iraq, but nine of the Marines who took part in the rescue effort were killed and eight others are missing, Pentagon officials said Sunday.</p>

The captured American Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson, by all accounts, had no intention of becoming a feminist icon. A note of unseemly glee has greeted the tragedy of her falling into the hands of the Iraqis, as if to say, "Look, women can be prisoners of war, too!" The New York Times ran an editorial titled "The Pinking of the Armed Forces," hailing Johnson's capture a reminder of how the American military has evolved, slowly and sometimes reluctantly, into an organization where the dangerous jobs of war are performed by both sexes." One can only wait for other leaps ahead...

LOCAL NEWS NEWSCHANNEL 9 Fort Bliss soldiers among those captured by Iraq An estimated ten soldiers from Fort Bliss are among those believed to be captured by Iraqi forces Sunday. Sunday, March 23, 2003 -- Fort Bliss officials confirmed that ten soldiers with the 507th Maintenance Company were involved in an incident while engaged in manuevers with the 3rd Infantry Division. The names of the soldiers are not being released until the military talks to the families. The status of the soldiers is unknown at this time. Fort Bliss Chief of Staff Col. Ben Hobson will speak at a press...

Arab TV Shows Allegedly Captured Troops .c The Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (A) - The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera aired footage Sunday of interviews with what the station identified as captured American prisoners, and also showed bodies in uniform in an Iraqi morgue that it said were Americans. The station said the prisoners were captured around Nasiriyah. In the interviews, two of the prisoners identified their unit only as the 507th Maintenance. It appeared there were the bodies of at least four dead troops lying on the floor of the room. At least five Americans were interviewed, two of whom...