Famous US Special Forces operations

On March 23, 2003, a 19-year-old Army private first class Jessica Lynch, was working as a supply clerk for the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was in was ambushed in Nasiriyah, Iraq. Lynch, who was seriously injured in the crash and hospitalized, was rescued by a nighttime special operation raid by U.S. Army Special Forces, Air Force Pararescue Jumpers , Army Rangers, and Navy SEALS on April 1, along with the remains of eight soldiers.  Intense media interest in her story, initially characterized as the first rescue of an American woman POW, fueled controversy and dispute. While she received military honors including the Bronze Star, Prisoner of War and Purple Heart medals, she later testified before Congress that the Pentagon had “chose to lie and make me a legend.”