Mrs. Dee Lynch, mother of US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Jessica Lynch, answers news media questions about the health care of her daughter, in from of the Fisher House, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany. Her husband, Greg Lynch and her son, PFC Greg Lynch, Jr., listen in the background. PFC Jessica Lynch was held as a POW in Iraq and is receiving medical care at LRMC since arriving from Kuwait and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Camera Operator: Dod PHOTO
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Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
08/04/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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