[Quilla]

One of the hosts of a radio show (Rick & Bubba out of Birmingham, AL) described to his co-host some of the details of Pvt. Lynch's capture. He mentioned that she shot several Iraqi's, continued firing until she was out of ammo, and then got into a wrestling match with the enemy resulting in stab wounds. He painted a picture of a WV wildcat, it was great. He concluded by saying these heroics were performed by a 19 year old Marine supply clerk. It reminded me of the movie Under Siege when the Playboy playmate was told by Segal that he was just a cook.

Pvt. Lynch is a true American hero.

[commish]

Something tells me Pvt Lynch's future is secured now - I would lay money that her story will be a Movie of the Week in the not too distant future.

If she can handle the emotional strain - they should let her play herself.

[Air Force Born]

Pvt Lynch gave a good accounting for herself, her nation, and her training. Don't mess with an American, no matter the size, age or sex. We are the fiercest warriors ever seen.

And yet we share our water and rations with those we take prisoner. This stuff really chokes me up.

[prairiebreeze]

Our Jessica is truly a hero. An example of our well trained, highly disciplined troops. And she's a survivor too. She hung in there, injured and without eating for possibly 9 days I was reading somewhere.

May she live a long and happy life.

Prairie

[Catspaw]

Here's the Washington Post story on Pvt. Lynch. Her dad said she was a fiesty country girl (paraphrase).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14879-2003Apr2.html

[TomGuy]

One of the hosts of a radio show (Rick & Bubba out of Birmingham, AL) described to his co-host some of the details of Pvt. Lynch's capture. He mentioned that she shot several Iraqi's, continued firing until she was out of ammo, and then got into a wrestling match with the enemy resulting in stab wounds. He painted a picture of a WV wildcat, it was great. He concluded by saying these heroics were performed by a 19 year old Marine supply clerk. It reminded me of the movie Under Siege when the Playboy playmate was told by Segal that he was just a cook.

Pvt. Lynch is a true American hero.

Then, she apparently went 9 days without anything to eat before she was rescued. And Rick Leventhal whined a few days ago because he only got 1 MRE that day. Sort of puts things in perspective, doesn't it.

[retrokitten]

Good morning, Situation Room! I love the new layout on the first page! A little something for everyone.

Don and Roma on WLS are talking about PFC Lynch, too. She is amazing! The more we hear about her the more "hero" doesn't even seem like a strong enough word to describe her.