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To: Tired of Taxes
I wonder, though... if any of the men who were captured had commented about the lack of attention given to them because they weren’t cute young girls, wouldn’t most people here agree with them?

Well, the guy in post 26 was killed so he can't speak but he may have been offended to learn that his heroics were given to a girl that never fired a shot.

Miller is still alive, and his comments about Lynch are in post 33. I agree with him, and although I think that Johnson's language is imperfect and a little off center, I sure get her point.

74 posted on 02/05/2010 9:11:43 PM PST by ansel12 (anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
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To: ansel12

I can’t remember all the details about the capture. But, in all fairness, Lynch herself did not seek attention. The heroic story about her was fed to the media by other people, and, according to what I’ve read, she herself disputed it.

Other articles about Shoshana Johnson have a different take. Here’s one where Johnson talks about the special treatment she herself was given and the backlash against her from other veterans:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/pow-shoshana-johnson-left-army-resentment-celebrity-treatment/story?id=9725005

It sounds like both women - Lynch and Johnson - are being upfront and honest. They’re not claiming hero status; they’re just telling their stories.


92 posted on 02/05/2010 9:51:30 PM PST by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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