[patriciaruth]

if she's the only survivor of the incident (aside from those captured that may still be alive), who told "U.S. officials" what she did, if she didn't?

She isn't the only survivor. Apparently two wounded men were left behind when the abushers took off with their captives, and they were found and rescued soon after the incident. They were recently transported to Texas.

I am baffled why this piece of news hasn't been linked to the stories about Private Lynch by the media. But these survivors may be the source of the stories.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ah, I didn't know anything about that! Thanks!!

[NMFXSTC]

(Ok...hold off...I'm not gonna get into a P***in' contest...just poiting out the facts, Patty)

"Hospital officials say they are not sure how much Private Lynch remembers.

Initial media reports portrayed Lynch as holding off ambushing Iraqis until she'd emptied her weapons. "We don't know" if that's true, said Shaw. "From what I heard, I think she is one of those people who maybe does not remember. We don't know if she was conscious during that whole ordeal."

It was only after performing surgery from compound fractures in her right arm and left leg that doctors realized that she might have been hit by small caliber gunfire, although Shaw said no bullets or metal fragments were found."

So...if she doesn't remember, and there are no bullet wounds (looks like the docs did a cool job of side-steppng the issue), then where did all of the heroine accounts, Medal of Honor nonsense come from?

I'm sure PFC Lynch has a story...she was a POW, so take nothing from that, but making her an Audie Murphy just doesn't cut it.