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(AP) Shoshana Johnson survived gunshot wounds to both legs and 22 days as a prisoner of war in Iraq. Life wasn't so easy when she came home, either. In a new book out this week, the 37-year-old single mother describes mental health problems related to her captivity and tells how it felt to play second fiddle in the media to fellow POW Jessica Lynch, who was captured in the same ambush. "It was kind of hurtful," the former Army cook said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "If I'd been a petite, cutesy thing, it would've been different."

EL PASO (AP) - Former POW Shoshana Johnson has signed a deal to write a book about her life and 22 days of captivity after a deadly ambush in the early days of the Iraq war. Johnson, a former U.S. Army specialist with the Fort Bliss-based 507th Maintenance Co., will write "One Wrong Turn" with Paul T. Brown for Dafina Books. The single mother was one of five soldiers captured in the March 23, 2003, ambush that killed nine others in her unit. She suffered injuries to her feet in the attack and has since left the Army with a...

NEW YORK -- Nearly a year after being shot and taken prisoner in Iraq, former Army specialist Shoshana Johnson said the 22 days she spent in captivity do not make her a hero. "I'm a survivor, not a hero," Johnson told Essence magazine in its March issue. "The heroes are the soldiers who paid the ultimate price and the Marines who risked their lives to rescue us. ... They took a chance and because they did, I'm here." Johnson, 31, of El Paso, Texas, was a cook for the 507th Maintenance Company when it was ambushed in March 2003. She...

Ten months ago Shoshana Johnson was a wounded American POW in combat fatigues, whose terrified eyes stared out at us from videotapes on the evening news. But when she walked onto the stage at a Long Island community college yesterday in a peach-colored suit, ankle-strap heels, with her shoulder-length hair done up in a perky flip, she wowed the audience with her unexpected glamour. "You'll have to excuse me," she told the gathering of about 100 adults and students. "When I joined the military five years ago, I never in my wildest dreams imagined I'd be speaking before a large...

Former POW, Shoshana Johnson, Visits Philadelphia Johnson Shot In Ankles During Captivity 4:36 PM EST January 9, 2004PHILADELPHIA -- Former prisoner of war, Shoshana Johnson spent more than three weeks being held in Iraq. Friday, she visited Philadelphia and NBC 10 reporter Joe Vasquez got a chance to talk to her about her ordeal and life after the Army."I'm doing OK. I have a lot of support from my family," Johnson told NBC 10 News.Johnson is still recovering after being shot in both ankles in Iraq. "I still have problems with my legs. I use a cane once in a...

<p>NEW YORK -- Nearly 1 million revelers rang in 2004 with the dropping of the traditional New Year's Eve ball in Times Square -- a joyous, confetti-filled bash that took place under some of the tightest security ever seen.</p> <p>With snipers posted on rooftops and helicopters patrolling overhead, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his guest of honor, former Iraq prisoner of war Shoshana Johnson, pressed a small globe, sending the 1,070-pound crystal ball on a 60-second drop that culminated at the stroke of midnight.</p>

Just heard that Shoshana Johnson is going to help ring in the NY in Times Square with Mayor Bloomberg. Will post more info if I find any.

<p>EL PASO, Texas — Shoshana Johnson (search), who spent 22 days as a prisoner of war in Iraq after being shot during an ambush, was discharged from the Army on Friday.</p> <p>"Although I am now leaving the Army, I in no way regret my time in the military," Johnson said in a statement.</p>

<p>EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Shoshana Johnson, who spent 22 days as a prisoner of war in Iraq after being shot during an ambush, was discharged from the Army on Friday.</p> <p>"Although I am now leaving the Army, I in no way regret my time in the military," Johnson said in a statement.</p>

<p>Nov. 17 issue — The Jessica Lynch blitz isn’t a feel-good celebration for everyone. Lynch miraculously survived the ambush on the Army’s 507th Maintenance Company. First Sgt. Robert Dowdy—scarcely a household name—was killed riding in the military vehicle along with her. His 14-year-old daughter, Kristy, swallows hard at the constant mentions of Jessica’s battle. “Don’t they know it was Dad’s Humvee?” she says. “Don’t they know it was Dad doing stuff?”</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- Tonight, NBC will air its made-for-TV movie celebrating Private First Class Jessica Lynch, whose dramatic rescue after her capture is one of the feel-good stories of the US war in Iraq.</p> <p>But some African-Americans don't feel so good about Lynch's story. Instead, they ask: What about Shoshana Johnson?</p>

WASHINGTON — Tonight NBC will air its made-for-TV movie celebrating Pvt. Jessica Lynch, whose capture and dramatic rescue is the feel-good story of America’s war with Iraq. But some African-Americans don’t feel so good about Lynch’s story. Instead, they ask: What about Shoshana Johnson? Johnson, an Army specialist, belonged to the same 507th Maintenance Company as Lynch. Unlike Lynch, Johnson fought to stave off their Iraqi captors. Like Lynch, she sustained serious injuries. But only Lynch got the headlines, the TV movie, the prime-time television interviews and a biography penned by a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Lynch, in short, got the...

Black POW's treatment sign of double standard By WILLIAM DOUGLAS Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON - On Sunday, NBC will air its made-for-TV movie celebrating Pvt. Jessica Lynch, whose capture and dramatic rescue is the feel-good story of America's war with Iraq. But some African-Americans don't feel so good about Lynch's story. Instead, they ask: What about Shoshana Johnson? Johnson, an Army specialist, belonged to the same 507th Maintenance Company as Lynch. Unlike Lynch, Johnson fought to stave off their Iraqi captors. Like Lynch, she sustained serious injuries. But only Lynch got the headlines, the TV movie, the prime-time television interviews...

Shoshana Johnson and Jessica Lynch were wounded in the exact same battle; why is one getting more in disability than the other?“Shot through both legs and held prisoner in Iraq for 22 days, [Army Specialist] Shoshana Johnson returned home in the spring to a difficult convalescence that lacked the media fury and official hype that attended her friend and comrade in arms, Jessica Lynch,” reported the Washington Post last Friday. A regrettable circumstance of a regrettable incident, the 507th Maintenance Company’s wandering off course in Nasiriyah and being ambushed last March twenty-third. “Depressed, scared, haunted by the trauma of her...

El Paso-AP, October 26, 2003)- — The father of former prisoner of war Shoshana Johnson on Friday accused the Army of shortchanging his daughter of disability benefits after she was offered a smaller paycheck than fellow POW Jessica Lynch. "She is not getting what she deserves," Claude Johnson said. Family members confirmed that Lynch, a private first class who was snatched from her Iraqi captors on April 1 in a rescue by Special Forces, is receiving an 80 percent disability. Johnson, a specialist who was released on April 13 with four other American POWs, has been offered 30 percent, Claude...

POW's disability pay angers father08:47 PM CDT on Friday, October 24, 2003Associated Press EL PASO – The father of former POW Shoshana Johnson on Friday said the Army is treating her unfairly because a medical board offered her a smaller disability paycheck than fellow POW Jessica Lynch. Claude Johnson, who lives in El Paso, said the financial support Pfc. Lynch is getting should be provided equally to all soldiers injured in the line of duty. "She is not getting what she deserves," he said. Family members confirmed that Pfc. Lynch, snatched from her Iraqi captors April 1, is receiving an...

EL PASO, Texas - The father of former prisoner of war Shoshana Johnson on Friday accused the Army of shortchanging his daughter of disability benefits after she was offered a smaller paycheck than fellow POW Jessica Lynch. "She is not getting what she deserves," Claude Johnson said. Family members confirmed that Lynch, a private first class who was snatched from her Iraqi captors on April 1 in a rescue by Special Forces, is receiving an 80 percent disability. Johnson, a specialist who was released on April 13 with four other American POWs, has been offered 30 percent, Claude Johnson...

<p>EL PASO, Texas — The father of former prisoner of war Shoshana Johnson (search) on Friday accused the Army of shortchanging his daughter of disability benefits after she was offered a smaller paycheck than fellow POW Jessica Lynch.</p>

<p>Shoshana Johnson deserves a lot more attention than she is getting. Three days ago, Johnson, an Army specialist who was shot in both legs during the firefight in Iraq that made another female soldier in her unit famous, was honored in Chicago by the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.</p>

<p>Spc. Shoshanna Johnson took the attention in stride Sunday, chatting with well-wishers who asked her to sign autographs or to pose for photographs.</p> <p>A 30-year-old cook from El Paso, Texas, Johnson gained unwanted fame when she and seven soldiers in her unit, the 507th Maintenance Company out of Fort Bliss, Texas, were captured March 23 when their convoy was ambushed by Iraqis at Nasiriyah. Ten of her fellow soldiers were killed.</p>