Jessica Lynch

...Tillman myth (that he died in combat, rather than by friendly fire), or the overheated tale of heroism by Jessica Lynch in 2003 (which Lynch herself protested), is that two basic facts seem clear: The shootings certainly happened, and given...

In this article: Richard Stengel, Fort Hood, God, Dylan Ratigan, and Robert Cone

...McKinley notes that the early stories about Sgt. Kimberly Munley's actions are reminiscent of the military's rapid depiction of Pfc. Jessica Lynch's allegedly "Rambo-like" performance in 2003, when her convoy in Iraq was attacked. The...

In this article: Rambo, Newsweek, The New York Times, U.S., and Iraq

...over what happened and the quickness of the military to label someone a hero seemed reminiscent of the case of Pfc. Jessica Lynch in 2003, when the Army initially reported Private Lynch had been captured in Iraq after a Rambo-like...

In this article: Fort Hood and Rambo

...the Pentagon's efforts to exploit it. Peripherally involved in the Army's extravagantly choreographed 2003 "rescue" of Jessica Lynch, Tillman was among the first grunts to realize that he was being mustered for "a big Public Relations...

In this article: Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer, Stanley McChrystal, Pentagon, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, and Democracy

And 13 months before Tillman's death, Krakauer reports for the first time, he took part in a rescue of another soldier, Jessica Lynch, whose story would be embellished by the Bush administration for its own gain and eerily foreshadow...

In this article: Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer, National Football League, U.S. Army, Arizona Cardinals, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, and United States

...use the destruction of the World Trade Center to justify a war in Iraq? What propaganda strategies shaped the response to the Jessica Lynch rescue in 2003 and the Tillman incident in 2004? And of course, why did this promising NFL star join...

In this article: Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer, Taliban, Ghost Wars, Osama bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Antonin Scalia, and Afghanistan

...the Tillman propaganda to that surrounding the military's so-called rescue of U.S. soldier Jessica Lynch from Iraq, Krakauer writes, "The Jessica Lynch hoax worked so well, in fact, that the White House would recycle the same tactic...

In this article: Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer, U.S., Doubleday, White House, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Rash

...Krakauer usually seizes on but ignores here, it was a case of mistaken identity - as was Tillman's death 10 years later. "Jessica Lynch hoax" Tillman was in a Ranger unit when the Iraq War's "shock and awe" began on March 20, 2003. His...

In this article: Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer, Iraq War, Afghanistan, Pentagon, Abu Ghraib, Fallujah, World War II, and Into Thin Air

NewsPat Tillman's first job was to save Jessica Lynch: New Krakauer book, 'Where Men Win Glory' Pat Tillman's first job was to save Jessica Lynch: New Krakauer book, 'Where Men Win Glory' Friday, September 11th 2009, 9:19 PM Former...

In this article: Pat Tillman, The Pentagon, Journal entry, NFL, Arizona Cardinals, Jon Krakauer, Afghanistan, and Arizona

...misleading account to proliferate, Krakauer argues, was the same reason behind the leak of a highly embellished account of Pvt. Jessica Lynch's capture in Iraq a year earlier: to distract the public and the media from bad news just breaking in...

In this article: Jon Krakauer, Pat Tillman, Afghanistan, Iraq, Into Thin Air, Pete Geren, Sean Penn, and Mount Everest