Exhibit 1018 ยท Congressional hearing
Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes, Hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, 110th Cong., 1st Sess., Serial No. 110-54
responsible officials failed to comply with the Army Military Award Regulation when they submitted a Silver Star recommendation that included inaccurate information and a misleading citation that implied Corporal Tillman died by enemy fire.
Witnesses include Jessica Lynch, Tillman family members, Spec. Bryan O'Neal, and Acting DoD Inspector General Thomas Gimble. Gimble reports the Army's three Tillman investigations were deficient, officials failed to notify next of kin promptly, and the Silver Star recommendation was inaccurate; and that the CENTCOM IG found no evidence the Lynch rescue was staged and that no public affairs personnel planned or filmed it. Chairman Waxman says the committee still does not know who supplied the 3 April 2003 account.
- Source
- U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Date
- 24 April 2007
- Quoted from
- Statement of Thomas F. Gimble, hearing pp. 74-76
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg42898/html/CHRG-110hhrg42898.htm
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Other exact lines: Lynch, 'They don't need to be told elaborate lies.' (pp. 23-24; the statement also says of the early stories 'It was not true.'); Gimble, 'The Inspector General of the Central Command determined and we concur that the allegations were not substantiated. No evidence was found that the rescue was a staged media event.'; Rep. Tom Davis, 'never fed or perpetuated the Hollywood version of events' (p. 12). Page numbers from the GPO PDF page headers; spot-check.