PFC Lynch gets a Bronze Star?

Your **** is so out of wack it isn't even funny.

We don't even know where to begin; however, your delusional description of
the events (and avoidance of a description of the shameful lack of
preparation leading up to them) might be a start.

We don't even know yet whether/how much she was tortured and/or whether/how
much she talked.

Steve


"TekTeam26" wrote in message
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Yes, Jessica Lynch got a Bronze Star. If you listened carefully, you would
have
found out that she also got the "V" device for valor attached to that
Bronze
Star. You don't get that for being captured after your truck is wrecked.
You
get that for fighting the enemy with your weapon!!! It won't be much
longer
before the BS story of Jessica receiving her injuries in a motor vehicle
accident will be exposed as the coverup that it is. Jessica was actually
captured standing up along with Lori Ann Piestewa after fiercely fighting
the
Iraqi's with their individual personal weapons. What happened afterwards
to
those two women is what the Army is so afraid of the world finding out
about...

Jerry Hall

Jessica Lynch did *nothing* to deserve her Bronze Star. She was
injured in a auto accident, and never fired a single round. She
deserves a Purple Heart and POW medal of course, but not a Bronze
Star, especially with a Combat "V". I have a Combat "V", and I had to
do a lot more than wreck my vehicle to get it. No, PFC Lynch didn't
do anything deserving of the BS at all. This is simple politics at
it's worst.

ospam (TekTeam26) wrote in message ...
Yes, Jessica Lynch got a Bronze Star. If you listened carefully, you would have
found out that she also got the "V" device for valor attached to that Bronze
Star. You don't get that for being captured after your truck is wrecked. You
get that for fighting the enemy with your weapon!!! It won't be much longer
before the BS story of Jessica receiving her injuries in a motor vehicle
accident will be exposed as the coverup that it is. Jessica was actually
captured standing up along with Lori Ann Piestewa after fiercely fighting the
Iraqi's with their individual personal weapons. What happened afterwards to
those two women is what the Army is so afraid of the world finding out about...

Jerry Hall

Jessica Lynch did *nothing* to deserve her Bronze Star. She was
injured in a auto accident, and never fired a single round. She
deserves a Purple Heart and POW medal of course, but not a Bronze
Star, especially with a Combat "V". I have a Combat "V", and I had to
do a lot more than wreck my vehicle to get it. No, PFC Lynch didn't
do anything deserving of the BS at all. This is simple politics at
it's worst.


And just how many combat medics would you want to take combat awards away from
simply because they never fired a shot?

I will say, however, the media pay too much attention to her just as they did
with Scott Grady.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

You're comparing apples to oranges. She got into a auto accident.
She wasn't parachuting into a hostile zone and saving a downed pilot.
That's a horrible comparison. Soldiers should not get Bronze Stars
for wrecking their vehicles. There needs to be more to it than that.
She was a POW and she was injured in war, therefore the POW Medal and
Purple Heart are deserved, but not the BS. Why is that so hard to
understand?


(B2431) wrote in message ...

Jessica Lynch did *nothing* to deserve her Bronze Star. She was
injured in a auto accident, and never fired a single round. She
deserves a Purple Heart and POW medal of course, but not a Bronze
Star, especially with a Combat "V". I have a Combat "V", and I had to
do a lot more than wreck my vehicle to get it. No, PFC Lynch didn't
do anything deserving of the BS at all. This is simple politics at
it's worst.


And just how many combat medics would you want to take combat awards away from
simply because they never fired a shot?

I will say, however, the media pay too much attention to her just as they did
with Scott Grady.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

"M Power" wrote in message
om...
You're comparing apples to oranges. She got into a auto accident.

So you presumably think Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed
in a boating accident ?

Keith

(M Power) wrote:

You're comparing apples to oranges. She got into a auto accident.

Yeah. The Humvee ran into an RPG.

She wasn't parachuting into a hostile zone and saving a downed pilot.

If she was, she'd be up for a Silver Star or better...

That's a horrible comparison. Soldiers should not get Bronze Stars
for wrecking their vehicles.

However, they should (and do) get them for being in a vehicle that gets
shot out from under them with an RPG and holding up well when captured
and tortured. There's also the question of how she did in the original
combat, which we haven't heard a full story on.

You might note that a Bronze Star is only one spot above the Purple
Heart in order of precedence...

--


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Slam on brakes accordingly.

(M Power) wrote in message . com...
You're comparing apples to oranges. She got into a auto accident.

She wasn't driving, and the accident occured during an ambush (hardly
your run-of-the-mill fender bender).

She wasn't parachuting into a hostile zone and saving a downed pilot.

Those kind of activities usually garner more than a BS.

That's a horrible comparison. Soldiers should not get Bronze Stars
for wrecking their vehicles.

She didn't.

There needs to be more to it than that.

There was.

She was a POW and she was injured in war, therefore the POW Medal and
Purple Heart are deserved, but not the BS. Why is that so hard to
understand?

Because you are not making sense? She got the BS without a V (at least
that is the way it reads in the DoD press release); hundreds, if not
thousands, of other folks will also get the BS w/o V for even more
mundane activities. The BS without V is merely an award for
meritorious service not involving personal heroism during a period of
combat operations. It is really that simple.

Brooks



(B2431) wrote in message ...

Jessica Lynch did *nothing* to deserve her Bronze Star. She was
injured in a auto accident, and never fired a single round. She
deserves a Purple Heart and POW medal of course, but not a Bronze
Star, especially with a Combat "V". I have a Combat "V", and I had to
do a lot more than wreck my vehicle to get it. No, PFC Lynch didn't
do anything deserving of the BS at all. This is simple politics at
it's worst.


And just how many combat medics would you want to take combat awards away from
simply because they never fired a shot?

I will say, however, the media pay too much attention to her just as they did
with Scott Grady.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

She was a POW and she was injured in war, therefore the POW Medal and
Purple Heart are deserved, but not the BS. Why is that so hard to
understand?

Several posts have shown how the Bronze Star and even medals for valor
are handed out indiscriminately.

Lyndon Johnson got the Silver Star for this mission:

"For gallantry in action in the vicinity of Port Moresby and Salamaua,
New Guinea on June 9, 1942. While on a mission of obtaining
information in the Southwest Pacific area, Lieutenant Commander
Johnson, in order to obtain personal knowledge of combat conditions,
volunteered as an observer on a hazardous aerial combat mission over
hostile positions in New Guinea. As our planes neared the target area
they were intercepted by eight hostile fighters. When, at this time,
the plane in which Lieutenant Commander Johnson was an observer,
developed mechanical trouble and was forced to turn back alone,
presenting a favorable target to the enemy fighters, he evidenced
marked coolness in spite of the hazards involved. His gallant action
enabled him to obtain and return with valuable information."

I have seen it creditably argued that Johnson's plane was nowhere near
the "hostile fighters". He was a tourist on that flight, not a spy for
the U.S. Navy! Crikey. Pretty Jessie deserves her Bronze far more than
LBJ deserved his Silver.

Why is that so hard to understand? Or do you find it easier to justify
bull**** medals for politicians, or officers, or men?

all the best -- Dan Ford
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You're comparing apples to oranges. She got into a auto accident.

You are assuming that the Army wants the world to know the truth about how
Jessica really got all of those injuries, aren't you? Already, Jessica's sister
has asked to be released from her enlistment contract. Do you think that she
knows something about what happened to Jessica that the rest of you don't know?
How many potential female recruits would walk away from the recruiting office
once they learned what really happened to Jessica...saying to themselves that
they did NOT want to be the next Jessica Lynch? Think about it, Jessica has not
been treated in the military hospitals as a motor vehicle accident victim. She
has been treated just like a rape and torture victim. In case you didn't read
the latest issue of Newsweek, it has now been reported that Jessica was
captured standing upright...hardly possible with two broken legs from a truck
wreck.... The truth will come out....and many will not like it....

Jerry Hall

The other 507th POWs received bronze stars, except for one that
received a silver star, all received POW medals and 2 who were injured
received purple hearts. They were awarded during a ceremony at Ft.
Bliss in June. You should be able to find news accounts online easily.
The silver star recipient shot some enemy troops before he was
captured. The broze star recipients did not break under interrogation.
At least one of them misled his captors about radio frequencies
written on the inside of his helmet being prices for pumps and other
parts.