Former POW Jessica Lynch Tells Her Story January 29, 2010

Jessica Dawn Lynch, a former Quartermaster Corps Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army, was a prisoner of war of the Iraqi military in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Her rescue by United States forces on April 1, 2003 was the first successful rescue of an American POW since World War II and the first ever of a woman. Jessica will take questions from the audience and sign copies of Rick Braggs book, I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, available for sale and signing following her presentation. Location: Armstrong Wing.Why: Sponsored by The Friends of the Blake Library in Stuart, Inc., in support of the Martin County Library System. How: Free and open to the public.