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I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and try to make me a legend, when the real heroics — of my fellow soldiers that day — were legendary.

— Jessica Lynch Congressional testimony (2007)

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The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

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I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do.

I had a story tell, a story that needed to be told so that people would know the truth.

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The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

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The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own heroes — ideals for heroes — and they don't need to be told elaborate lies.

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