As a part of WVU's Veteran, Military and Family Program, Wirt County native and Iraq War POW Jessica Lynch delivered a speech ...

Video: 'People expect me to be doing OK' : Jessica ... Jessica Lynch's rescue by U.S. special forces from an Iraqi hospital was one of the most unforgettable moments of the 2003 Iraq War.

Her rescue was the first since War World II and the first-ever woman. The other five members of her unit were released 21 days later. Lynch, who is from West Virginia, spoke in Aurora at the city ...

including guest speaker Jessica Lynch. Lynch was the first American prisoner of war to be rescued since World War II, and the first American woman POW to be successfully rescued. You could feel it ...