Rescued POW reunited with family

THE American POW rescued

“I can’t wait to see her,” Private first class Jessica Lynch’s mother, Deadra Lynch, said before leaving for Germany. Lynch’s father, two siblings and a cousin also flew over from West Virginia.

Their meeting came a day after the family learned that eight members of Lynch’s unit, the 507th Maintenance Company, were killed in the same ambush that resulted in her capture. Among them was Lynch’s friend and former roommate, Pfc Lori Piestewa, who became the first US servicewoman killed in the war.