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Behind the Smile
Jessica Lynch Prepares to Tell Her Story in Her Own Words
ABCNEWS.com
Nov. 5— In the seven months since her rescue, former Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch has spoken publicly only once, when the one time prisoner of war returned from a military hospital to a warm homecoming in Palestine, W.Va.
But the 20-year-old is now poised to share the story about her journey from American soldier to America's sweetheart, and that means baring some scars.
Lynch reveals the details of her experiences as a prisoner of war in an interview with ABCNEWS' Diane Sawyer that will air on a special edition of Primetime, Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 9:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, new pictures of Lynch can be seen in the latest issue of Vanity Fair magazine, and in this Sunday's Parade magazine.
For the Vanity Fair shoot, the petite young woman traded in her military uniform for blue jeans during the photo shoot. Her parents also posed for the magazine layout, which shows the couple with the American flag flying over their shoulders.
The Vanity Fair photos reveal that she has several scars, including one in her scalp, and a deep one on her right forearm. Pictures of Jessica Lynch are inside the latest edition of Vanity Fair magazine. (Courtesy: Vanity Fair magazine.)
Lynch still has no feeling in her left foot and takes 18 pills for the pain, which often keeps her awake at night.
Lynch's ordeal began earlier this year when she was shipped to Kuwait as part of the Army's 507th Maintenance Company. She was captured March 23 after her convoy was ambushed in Nasiriyah, a city in the southern part of Iraq. U.S. forces rescued her from an Iraqi hospital on April 1.
In her interview with Sawyer, which coincides with the release of I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, Lynch discusses the dramatic events that led to her capture, the debilitating injuries she sustained and the difficult process of physical rehabilitation. Lynch also speaks frankly about how her story was portrayed by the military
The young woman's family also shares the emotions they experienced while waiting to learn of Lynch's fate, as she was held captive so far away.
Journalist Rick Bragg, co-author of I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, also reveals what he learned about Lynch's injuries from her doctors.
Back Home & Moving On
In addition to the three medals Lynch was awarded by the Pentagon, she's received some 30,000 presents from people she's never met.
Lynch is planning a June wedding to Army Sgt. Ruben Contreras, the man she publicly thanked during her homecoming.
The bride-to-be undergoes two hours of physical therapy every day because she is determined to walk down the aisle, she hopes, without crutches.
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