Jessica Lynch is a hero - but she does not deserve a Bronze Star....
She is no Audie Murphey or anything.... but compaired to people like me who sit on their fat ass behind a keyboard, she is a hero.
To see real heros, you can read for days
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
This is what happens when the media machine gets ahold of things - they build people up, and tear them down.