She wasn't injured by an RPG directly (i.e., by frag or blast). She
was injured by the HMMWV crashing. Purposeful, accidental, RPG
frag/blast or crashing in a HMMWV...it does *not* matter....she was
injured in combat and was *appropriately* awarded a Purple Heart for
her injuries. Then she was *appropriately* awarded the POW medal for
being a Prisoner of War. The Bronze Star is *not* justified by any of
her actions (or lack thereof).


Chad Irby wrote in message .com...
(M Power) wrote:

It wasn't clever, nor was it over my head. An IRA bombing on a boat
has nothing to do with PFC Lynch since the only thing that happened to
her was an auto accident.

The Humvee she was riding in was hit by an RPG.

How in the *hell* do you call that an "accident?"