# POW rescued!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842 "2003-04-02T01:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842/1 "2003-04-02T01:03:44Z")

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The news agencies are saying that coalition forces have rescued an American POW. It appears to be Jessica Lynch, from West Virginia, who was listed as missing from that company of transportation guys who got lost near Nasariya last week. Whooohoooo!

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**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842/2 "2003-04-02T01:38:43Z")

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I was speculating the possibility of such a rescue operation two days ago. Hopefully we can get the rest before they’re executed.

Great job on the part of special forces teams involved!

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**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842/3 "2003-04-02T01:41:23Z")

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Great news.

Now let’s pray for the rest.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842/4 "2003-04-02T01:43:42Z")

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That’s great news!

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**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pow-rescued/165842/5 "2003-04-02T01:44:41Z")

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That’s awesome!