Jessica Lynch Quotes

• I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren’t a lot of jobs.

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• I don’t come from a rich family – it’s not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn’t have a ton of money.

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• I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person – I felt proud.

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• Honesty has always been very important to me.

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• I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn’t in the right place.

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• Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On other days, we lost so many lives and so many brothers and sisters…on that aspect, no.

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• I don’t think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.

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• Since coming back from Iraq, there’s been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.

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• There’s soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things… We don’t need to create them.

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• I know that I’m already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.

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• The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

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• I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good.

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• There’s not day that goes by that I don’t remember why I’m in the situation I’m in.

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• The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

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• They told me I’d never probably see the front-line area.

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• The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that’s just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It’s just crazy.

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• I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn’t something that you should do.

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Jessica Lynch (17)

Birth:	26th April, 1983
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Soldier

About

Jessica Dawn Lynch was born in Palestine, West Virginia, USA. She is a former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Lynch was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi forces during the Battle of Nasiriyah. She received many medals, including Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Prisoner of War Medal. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from West Virginia University at Parkersburg in 2011. As of 2015, she works occasionally as a substitute teacher and makes her living as a motivational speaker. Her role in several films include: Virtuous, and Shake Off the World.

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