Navy SEAL, Delta Force Rescue of Jessica Lynch… (REAL FOOTAGE)

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On March 23, 2003, a convoy of the United States Army's 507th Maintenance Company and the 3rd Combat Support Battalion elements, led by a Humvee driven by Lori Piestewa, made a wrong turn and were ambushed near Nasiriyah, a major crossing point over the Euphrates northwest of Basra.

The convoy was supposed to detour around the town but instead turned directly into it, eventually running into adversaries. The convoy came under attack by enemy fire. The Humvee in which Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch was riding was hit and the Americans were taken prisoner.

Jessica Lynch was rescued by Joint Task Force 121. A team composed of Navy SEALs, and an element from the Joint Special Operations Task Force 121 composed of U.S. Army Special Forces , Air Force PJ’s, Army Rangers, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and Delta Force.

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What story should I cover next? >:}

PopoMedic

Thank you Popo, I’m the daughter of SGT Donald Walters and feel you did an amazing job of explaining and going into detail with this story. I was 9 months old when he was killed, almost 20 years later, my grief is excruciating.

amberwalters

Andy Stumpf, who was a young SEAL back in 2003 and participated in this rescue, had Jessica Lynch on his podcast "Cleared Hot". They both talked about this night and the events that led up to it, and their lives after. It was a really nice podcast and awesome to hear from the people actually involved.

doccholo

It's crazy how one civilian had the choice to either keep that info to himself or do the right thing. It just came down to that person's integrity

youcantstopthescout

I served for 20 years as an Infantryman and the fact that my country would stop at nothing to bring me (or my body) home was always a source of comfort.

This rescue was a morale booster for me. I had nothing to do with it but I was in country at the time and needed some good news.

greg

The fact that special forces were sent into rescue one PFC held prisoner is really a touching story. Moments like these truly make me proud to be an American. No matter what other bad things may happen here, at least we can say that the men and women in our armed services are truly capable of some amazing things.

Yukinebi

Can’t imagine the emotions involved in this rescue. Outstanding job done that evening.

Stellar job portraying the events man.

Chaggis

That man's wife was a nurse on Lynch's ward. He mapped out the floor plan for the Rescue Team. He was a judo champion and Olympic contender. He wrote a book about the whole thing.

markbeames

That last clip got me teary eyed. Smiling through the pain, and I can only imagine how grateful she was to hear “Welcome back” from those guys.

trevanminnig

but, can we appreciate the Iraqi doctor who tried to rescue her even though his country was invaded by the U.S and his patient was a U.S soldier. That's a man who values his profession above all, he sees them all as human beings who need treatment, not enemies.

vorisodan

I’m from Arizona, and I remember when Lori Piestewa lost her life. She had a mountain named after her in the valley. It’s called Piestewa Peak, and it is beautiful to look at. Thanks for this story.

anyanka

I wish footage from inside the hospital during the raid was included in this video. It was shown on several media outlets at the time. One of the things I remember is her saying to her rescuers, “I’m an American soldier”, and them responding that they knew who she was and that they were there to rescue her. It was really good footage, then carrying her down stairs, pretty cool.

srcastic

Thanks! For such a good job representing our veteran's! You rock!

americathefree

An unknown part, recounted in Marty Skovlund Jr.'s book "Violence of Action" recalls that the Rangers on target discovered that all other POWs besides Lynch had died, and were not prepared to dig up their bodies outside of the hospital.

1/75 NCOs told all junior Rangers to pull security, and proceeded to dig up the bodies themselves, shielding the younger Rangers from the task.

"I was digging up a body with my 1SG, and we picked up this girl. She was half wrapped in a bag and all the muscle and tissue came off and slid onto me. I instantly puked again...it was bad. You look to the left and right and it was all NCOs. We didn't want to expose the junior Rangers to that shit. Everyone was digging with gloves, we had no shovels or anything like that- everyone was just puking and digging."

RJA

"let's get this girl"

Goosebumps. Willing no matter what to get her out. Cheers for a great episode. Your directing is getting really good

Corywinget

We had a couple drill sergeants tell us this story in basic to emphasize the importance of land nav, not becoming complacent, and to tell us that it doesn’t matter what mos you are, if you wear a us military uniform, you are a target.

Fails

I was a SNCO in an Army Aviation Brigade when this all went down. I remember how we cheered and we were so proud when they went and got her from her captors. I cried again just now watching this. God Bless them all.

MrTomengle

What you forgot to mention, which is a huge part of this story and brought to the attention by Jessica Lynch herself as she continues to come forward, is the fact the the US government awarded her some medals based on false stories that they themselves generated. She has come out to state she did not fire any weapons and they had just been ambushed and attacked so quickly she had little to no idea what happened because of the chaos and injuries. She states that she should have never been awarded some of the medals because of the the false stories put out that she went down shooting and helping others. It takes a ton of courage, to not only differ and make it out of what they did to her, but to also come out and speak on what really happened after false stories were put out and the narrative completely changed the events that took place that day.

willatwood

Never fails to humble me when I witness the extent at which are uniformed services are willing to go for each other. What a wonderful documentary - thank you.

markianwoodbury

Thanks for this mini documentary. I love hearing about the military and the awesome things they do, even being Active Duty myself, I'm always amazed by the dedication to duty that these operators have to their cause and that the US has to their military men and women.

RIP to those who did not survive the attacks and welcome home to all POWs

Lokiwho

Navy SEAL, Delta Force Rescue of Jessica Lynch… (*REAL FOOTAGE*)