U.S. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, seen in this undated photo, was captured March 23 after her 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company convoy was ambushed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. The 19-year-old Army supply clerk was rescued from a hospital in that city by U.S. commandos on April 1.
Lynch, seen in this 2000 family photo, joined the Army after graduating from high school in 2001. Her family has said they weren't surprised by reports that Lynch resisted Iraqi forces. "She's very strong, strong in the head. She's very determined and has a set way of life," said her 21-year-old brother, Gregory Lynch Jr., also an Army private first class.
Pfcs. Lori Piestewa, right, and Jessica Lynch pose at Fort Bliss, Texas the day before their deployment to the Middle East in February 2003. The Army notified the Piestewa family in Tuba City, Ariz., April 4, 2003, that they had recovered Lori's remains after rescuing Jessica, who was in Piestewa's company in Iraq.
More than a week after she and other members of her maintenance unit were captured in Iraq, Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch is carried on a stretcher by U.S. special forces, April 1, 2003. This image was filmed though a nightscope.
Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch's family gathers outside of their Palestine, W. Va. home, April 1, 2003, to greet friends and family after the Pentagon announced that the 19-year-old supply clerk had been rescued. Lynch family members are from left to right, Greg Sr., Deadra, Greg Jr. and Brandi.
Friends and family gather in front of Jessica's Palestine, W. Va. home, April 1, 2003, after her parents Deadra and Greg Sr. received the good news of her rescue by special forces in Iraq.
Deadra and Greg Jr., mother and brother of Jessica Lynch, hug outside their West Virginia home, April 1, 2003.
Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, shown in this image from video released by the Department of Defense April 2, 2003, is carried by U.S. special forces as she is removed from the Saddam Hospital in Nasiryia, Iraq, April 1, 2003.
U.S. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch is carried on a stretcher off a C-17 military plane at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, April 3, 2003. Lynch was treated at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for a head wound, a spinal injury, fractures to her right arm, both legs, and her right foot and ankle.
Deadra and Greg Lynch Sr., parents of rescued POW Jessica Lynch, speak to the news media in front of their Palestine, W. Va., home after meeting with military officials, April 3, 2003. They said she had successfully underwent surgery on her back and she was in good spirits.
Brother Gregory Oren Lynch, Jr. , center, and father Gregory Oren Lynch, share a smile as they adress the media at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, southwestern Germany, April 8, 2003 after visiting Jessica.
A newly placed sign honoring former POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch hangs on the outskirts of her hometown of Palestine, W. Va., April 9, 2003.
Mady Campbell, left, and Abby Murray search for their names on a banner, April 12, 2003, in Elizabeth, W. Va., that will be placed for Pfc Jessica Lynch to see when she comes home to Palestine, W. Va. Signatures were written on the banner during a dinner and auction in Lynch's name.
U.S. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch is carried on a stretcher to be loaded onto a C-17 military plane at Ramstein Air Base in southern Germany, April 12, 2003.
Well-wishers wave American flags as the ambulance believed to be carrying Pfc. Jessica Lynch arrives under police escort at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, April 12, 2003. Click here for pictures from her July 22, 2003, homecoming.