Whatever happened to Army Specialist Melissa Coleman has never been made public.
The truth of the entire article must be questioned in light of these known false statements.
I must respectfully disagree. She testified that she was "violated orally, vaginally and digitally." I believe it was Congressional testimony. There was scant news coverage of the event, however. I am not sure if this was because they wanted to protect her dignity, or because the media viewed it as an inconvenient series of events during the upcoming politically charged debate regarding women in combat roles.
She testified that one of her guards fondled a breast while they were riding in the back of truck. That guard was repremaned by a fellow guard.
Again, I am not trying to be contrarian--but I believe she said that after being pulled from the wreckage of the helicopter with 2 broken arms, one of the guards unzipper her flight suit and did as you said. She stated he was afraid of it being discovered by another Iraqi guard, and that this guard later sexually abused her in prison.
Whatever happened to Army Specialist Melissa Coleman has never been made public.
The DoD did confirm that "both women POWs were raped." Starts and Stripes also reported it, although they later downplayed this release. I cannot find it on the net--my apologies. Specialist Coleman was very young when captured, and I saw her when she was released along with the other POWs. She looked awful, almost robotic. I thought she gave an interview to some womans magazine about 4 years ago, but I cannot recall if she went into details.