Jessica Lynch Quotes

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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.
• The truth is always more heroic than the hype.
• 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…
• 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…
• Honesty has always been very important to me.
• I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.
• 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.
• I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.
• I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.
• I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillman… did not have that opportunity.…
• 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…
• I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow…
• They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area.

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