With all due respect, Jessica Lynch did -- SQUAT. Her only accomplishment was making it out of Basic training and AIT.
Unless you've been away for few years, she has admitted
- She was sitting in the middle of the seat in her truck.
- And ... she NEVER fired her rifle
- And ... she couldn't fire it as it jambed because she NEVER cleaned it.
- And lastly, it was a lone MALE (Sgt IIRC) who did all the fighting and who emptied numerous magazines during the attack. Oh and he got zilch!
Her award of the Bronze Star is the biggest INSULT to the brave men who have actually DONE something to deserve it in the history of the USA. It's even worse than Kerry getting his Silver Star.
All that being said, she could probably 'take' any male undergrad at the U of C.
Re: Lynch...precisely. Re: U of C, my guess is that I could get not a small number of Varsity Athletes who'd make terrific Airborne/Rangers, not a small number of engineering and science students who'd do very well in the Silent Service, etc.
Well said. All that Lynch rubbish turned out to be no more than media fueled PR spin.
I thank her for her service, but she didn't deserve that Bronze Star. No more than thousands of others who frankly did more.