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

The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own heroes — ideals for heroes — and they don't need to be told elaborate lies.

I was given opportunities not extended to my fellow soldiers, I embraced those opportunities to set the record straight.

Tales of great heroism were being told... at my parents home in Wirt County, West Virginia, it was understaged by media all repeating the story of the "little girl Rambo" from rural West Virginia who went down fighting. It was not true.