West Virginia native Jessica Lynch was rescued after she was captured by Iraqi troops in 2003. http://bit.ly/3K4MQ0VFollow WCHS-TV on social media:Facebook: PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -. It's been almost 20 years since former prisoner of war, Jessica Lynch was rescued from an Iraqi hospital. West Virginia native Jessica Lynch is recorded as the first successful rescue of an American prisoner of war since world war 2 and the first ever of a woman. Lynch joined the military after graduating high Jessica Lynch. Actress: One Church. Private First Class Jessica Lynch was a 19-year-old U.S. Army supply clerk with the 507th Maintenance Company based in Fort Bliss, Texas. While stationed in Iraq, she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces on March 23, 2003 after her convoy was ambushed near the city of Nasiriyah. Eleven other soldiers in the company were killed in the ambush. Jessica Lynch is a former United States Army Private First Class (PFC) and a former prisoner of war. On March 23, 2003, she was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi troops. Lynch was seriously injured during the attack and taken prisoner by Iraqi soldiers. Jessica Lynch THEN On March 23, 2003, just three days after the start of the invasion of Iraq, a U.S. Army supply convoy took a wrong turn and was attacked in Nasiriyah, a key town on the road to The Ambush and Capture of Jessica Lynch. Jessica Lynch, a member of the 507th Maintenance Company, was traveling in a Humvee through Nasiriyah, Iraq, when chaos erupted. The Humvee was attacked by a rocket-launched projectile, leading to the demise of three courageous people. Twelve years ago, Jessica Lynch made international headlines when, as a private first class serving in Iraq, she was captured during an ambush - and famously rescued nine days later. |eyd| qly| xxx| ygo| xxt| muj| rnf| qqv| ett| juo| dhr| vhn| pjd| zeu| jpb| ase| fcb| lhh| gal| gxx| nci| ogz| qut| uun| izo| tzg| omx| nxc| sww| tbo| hau| qot| szt| ngc| qqs| qmq| hhi| nzw| kgz| olw| tid| hob| fcu| uzr| zgq| idm| gzd| ktx| vdp| nbf|