Private put up brave fight prior to her capture

SPIRITED and hungry, rescued prisoner of war Private Jessica Lynch arrived in Germany for treatment of two broken legs and bullet wounds she suffered in a fierce gunfight with her Iraqi captors.

The 19-year-old Army supply clerk shot several Iraqi soldiers during the March 23 ambush that led to her capture. She kept firing even after she had several gunshot wounds, finally running out of ammunition, US officials said yesterday.

“She was fighting to the death,” one official said. “She did not want to be taken alive.”