Jessica Lynch

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

— Jessica Lynch

Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On other days,…

— Jessica Lynch

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do…

— Jessica Lynch

I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that…

— Jessica Lynch

Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind…

— Jessica Lynch

Honesty has always been very important to me.

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillman… did not…

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

I try to dream about peaceful things, beaches, that is what I cannot understand. Why are they chasing me?

— Jessica Lynch

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war…

— Jessica Lynch

I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do. I did not shoot - not a round, nothing. I went…

— Jessica Lynch

I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps…

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a…

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt…

— Jessica Lynch

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

— Jessica Lynch

I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics…

— Jessica Lynch