Anyone remember Jessica Lynch? The aniversary of her "rescue" is on April 1st. I thought you would all like to have the link to this "hero's" website and the link to another website with a petition to have her bronze star taken back. What do others think of her herioc tale, being awarded the bronze star, having a webpage, getting a cool million for a book deal and the petition to take away the bronze star?
I'll wait on my comments until later.
I thought that I had heard at one point that she was pretty adamant in stating that she had not really done anything heroic. Much of the hype was PR spin beyond her control.
I never did buy into the initial hype anyway. That's just the type of thing where you need to just wait and see how the story unfolds. Kind of reminds me of the uproar when the army awarded purple hearts to several U.S. peacekeepers in Bosnia when they got a couple black eyes after being captured while on patrol.
But, for a scrawny little hilljack, she does clean up nice. I wouldn't mind playing a little game of hide the bronze star with her.
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Noprivate citizen has the right to demand that a military decoration be revoked. Jessica Lynch went to Iraq and did her job, unlike a lot of war supporting male cheerleaders here at home. So she stands to make some money for the movie rights, good for her. It was the US media and the US military who hypped her capture andrescue.
Here is a bit of my take on Jessica Lynch, the situation with the 507th Maintenance comany and commendations such as bronze stars.
I want to give Jessica Lynch a lot of credit for volunteering to enlist in the Army and serving her country. She made a choice in doing so that mostwill not. Second, she obviously experienced a lot of trauma.
With that said, she should not have been awarded and "accepted" a bronze star, as it is suppose to be given for heroism in combat. Nothing Iam aware of what she did coincides withreceivingsuch anaward.
PFC Smith, I do not remember hisfirst name; does that name ring any bells? This youngprivate in the 507thmoved his vehicle into the ambush site, engaged the enemy, including a motor position,while M-16 malufuctioning and only able to chanber and shoot one round at a time, and killed 9 or more enemies before being surrounded and captured. I mention him, ashis actions are what I think of when thinking of being awarded a comendation for bravery. He did in fact received a silver star, but does anyone know him?
Lastly, I have seen bronze stars awarded in the Armywhen individuals receiving them did nothing. Maybe I am old fashion, but awards in the military are suppose to mean something, as there are no pay incentives, bonuses, etc... fordoing your duty or for going above and beyond duty. My company commander during myduty inKuwait and Iraq in 2003 is a prime example of a most unworthy person receiving a bronze star. I will not go into a lot of detail, but this personwas lazy, selfish, had no concern for troops, showed no leadership skill, had not part in operations and only delegated to others, destroyed unit moral, allowed flagerant violations of military conduct to occur, and was famous for saying things like "I was in as much danger" as the soliders running convoys and pulling security for convoys through out Iraq, while she was safely at Camp Victory Kuwait running her SUV into Kuwait city to shop.
Thanks for the responses.
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