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"On
April 24, 2007 she testified in front of Congress that she had never
fired her weapon; her M16 rifle jammed, as did all weapons systems
assigned to her unit, and she had been knocked unconscious when her
vehicle crashed"
"Lynch, then a supply clerk with the 507th
Maintenance Company (based in Fort Bliss, Texas), was wounded and
captured by Iraqi forces.[9] She was initially listed as missing in
action. Eleven other soldiers in the company were killed in the ambush
and five other soldiers were captured (and later rescued)."
"Washington
Post that Lynch had fought back, and the first official report of
Lynch's actions during her capture released by the Pentagon weeks later
said that she did not appear to have fought back against her captors, in
contradiction of earlier Pentagon press releases (it was later learned
that the heroics initially attributed to Lynch had actually been
performed by another soldier, Donald Walters, who was killed during the
attack[24]). According to one former Pentagon official, the stories of
her supposed heroics that day were spread by the news media and
Congressmen from West Virginia were instrumental in pushing the Pentagon
to award her honors based on reports of her actions during her
capture."
"She also stated "I did not shoot, not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees. And that's the last I remember."
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