The Official Tillman/Lynch stories compared with the truth

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<snip>WHAT'S THE STORY?

PAT TILLMAN

Official story: Killed in 2004 in Afghanistan by enemy gunfire while trying to help ambushed soldiers. Awarded a Silver Star.

Updated story: Mistakenly shot by Army Rangers who had just emerged from a canyon where they'd been fired upon. Medal was based on fabricated accounts.


JESSICA LYNCH

Official story: Ambushed in Iraq in 2003, she was captured. Injured, she was rescued from a hospital in a nighttime raid. A Special Forces team fought into and out of the hospital.

Updated story: She said the heroism during her ambush should be credited to others. Also, hospital workers wanted U.S. forces to find her, moving her bed within sight of a U.S. soldier on a nearby rooftop, her authorized biography said. As far as Special Forces fighting in, "I don't think it happened quite like that," she has said.

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1. Remember the green video of the Special Forces fighting their way in to save Jessica? n/t

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2. Don't forget that they postponed this pseudo-rescue 24 hours so that the camera team

could be put in place. Oh, Hollywood in Iraq is such a hassle. I guess that extra day of excruciating pain Private Lynch experience was DEEMED acceptable (to the Military Public Affairs personnel) for such an excellent "Heroine Story?" :thumbsdown:

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3. I wonder how many guys got medals and promotions for their bravery? n/t