First black female POW sets the record straight

As a sister Southwest Asia Army vet, I salute Shoshana Johnson
for addresses misconceptions about her captivity in Iraq.
I remind women of Desert Storm to demand the full report of
Dept Veteran Affairs on Advisory Committtee on Gulf War Veterans
to be published at the House (congressional) Committee Veteran Affairs
this month hearing.

Now discharged from the Army, Johnson is back in the news because
of the publication of her book about her experiences.
“I'm Still Standing:
From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home”
was published by Simon & Schuster.

Johnson told, she wrote the book to clear up a number of
misconceptions people have about what happened to her.

Johnson had to fight to get the same disability pay as Lynch.
It also took two years before the Army recognized her PTSD,
she writes. But, she says, she remains friends with Lynch and
understands why she got more attention than the other captives.

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