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Article: The Real Hero in the Ambush at Nasiriya; An Army report about the attack that made Jessica Lynch famous identifies the soldier who 'likely' fought to the death but stops short of recognizing him officially.(THE NATION)
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- Insight on the News
- Article date:
- January 5, 2004
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Byline: Kelly Patricia O'Meara, INSIGHT
Nasiriya, Iraq It is a dateline that doesn't exactly role off the tongue, and chances are the average Joe on the street would be hard-pressed to recall the significance associated with the name. But mention the name of Jessica Lynch and the light goes on. It was in the town of Nasiriya in April of last year that the 19-year-old Army private first class was credited with carrying out extraordinarily heroic acts during a March 23 attack on her unit, the 507th Maintenance Company.
That Lynch was a hero and then wasn't a hero, or at least not to the extent credited to her by the Washington Post in an April 3 ...