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. The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype. Jessica Lynch More Quotes by Jessica Lynch More Quotes From Jessica Lynch 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 soldiers that day were, in fact, legendary. People like Lori Piestewa and First Sergeant Dowdy who picked up fellow soldiers in harm's way. Or people like Patrick Miller and Sergeant Donald Walters who actually fought until the very end. The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate tales. Jessica Lynch confused real lying I try to dream about peaceful things, beaches, that is what I cannot understand. Why are they chasing me? Jessica Lynch peaceful dream beach I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do. I did not shoot - not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees - that's the last thing I remember. Jessica Lynch credit 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 good. Jessica Lynch troops inspired stories 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 middle of a war? It's just crazy. Jessica Lynch crazy war ideas The truth is always more heroic than the hype. Jessica Lynch heroic hype truth-is The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans. Jessica Lynch hospitals return nurse 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 had happened and I wasn't in the right place. Jessica Lynch that-moment terrible moments 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 definitely just go full blast at it. Jessica Lynch triumph iraq mind I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud. Jessica Lynch army proud different I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs. Jessica Lynch virginia community jobs I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed. Jessica Lynch soldier war thinking 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. Jessica Lynch boxes rich rich-family I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do. Jessica Lynch giving-up littles kids Honesty has always been very important to me. Jessica Lynch honesty important 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 many lives and so many brothers and sisters...on that aspect, no. Jessica Lynch brother lost thinking 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 stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job. Jessica Lynch jobs war book Most people want to hear my story, hear about what happened, i keep it general. I feel that people don't want to hear all that stuff. They want to hear the positive stuff. Jessica Lynch top-news People expect me to be doing OK, they expect that I should be perfectly fine now. Jessica Lynch top-news I didn't want to relay all this hurt and anger and confusion, i saw photos of my parents when I was missing. I know how much they hurt. I didn't want them to feel hurt again. I didn't want to put my hurt on top of their hurt. So when they would ask, I would say, 'Yeah, I'm OK.'. Jessica Lynch top-news
