Talk:Shoshana Johnson

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Attention and Race[edit]

at Lori_Piestewa, it mentions about how Lori got more attention than Shoshana because of her race. I have no idea if this is substantiatable or what but I thought that if there is information about this issue, it should be on this page and not lori's, or if needed on lori's and shoshana's.

I don't think she was the first black US POW. Please examine all US wars and Vietnam/Gulf War/Desert Storm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.54.111.84 (talk) 00:16, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's damn necessary. I'm still baffled by it all these later, being former Army. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rattlerbrat (talk • contribs)

No such statement currently appears in either article. One would suspect that if Piestewa gets more attention, I might be due to Jessica Lynch crediting Piestewa with being the only hero of the fight and that Piestewa did not survive. I would also imagine that arguing whether African-Americans or Native Americans are more discriminated against might not be a useful exercise. --Habap 19:55, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But nothing is noted about Johnson receiving LOWER pay from the military upon discharge than Lynch, despite having been discharged at a HIGHER rank. PennyGWoods 10:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you have citations to back that up, it DEFINITELY belongs in the article. --Habap 12:43, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Found it. The disparity between their payments was due to the different disability percentages determined by the Army. It rated Johnson at 30% disabled and Lynch at 80%. In August 2006, Johnson also got to sign a book deal. --Habap 15:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Birth year[edit]

The template says she was born in 1973 while in the text 1971 is mentioned as her year of birth. – Alensha ^talk 12:21, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

???[edit]

"She was held prisoner in Iraq for 22 days along with four other members of her unit including: (Five names.)" Twin Bird 13:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No Picture For Shoshana Johnson But Multiple For Jessica Lynch[edit]

I find that it is ironic, perhaps wrong, that there is multiple pictures of Jessica Lynch on her wiki, and none for Shoshana Johnson here. With much of the attention given to the fact that Jessica receives more coverage because she is white and attractive (ie. you could argue that much of the focus has been on her appearance), I actually find the disparity here a little inappropriate and that it may suggest a possible bias.

Both women served in the military. Both survived similar ordeals. Why the disparity?

 —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnWycliff (talk • contribs) 06:32, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

She worked at Ft Carson?[edit]

I worked with this women at Ft Carson. We were in different units though. Does anyone know more about this? I thought the articlemight mention her first unit, but it doesn't. Metatron's Cube (talk • contribs) 22:34, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which unit actually rescued her; FoReconCo or 3rd LAR?[edit]

The opening paragraph states that Force Recon rescued her while the body of the article states that 3rd LAR conducted the search operation that resulted in her discovery. I'm pretty sure it was not Force Recon but I can't find detailed news articles at this late date. I will edit the opening paragraph to just say US Marines instead of naming a unit. Veriss (talk) 19:08, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First[edit]

What about, e.g. Mary Hemings? A POW who was a slave.--Elvey (talk) 19:47, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Although some consider her a Revolutionary War POW, she was not a combatant or even at a batter site. Hemings was taken by the British when they raided Thomas Jefferson's home looking for him. Johnson, on the other hand, was a soldier who was injured and taken as a POW as a direct result of her being on active duty in a war zone. while I see your point, I do think that there is enough of a vast difference between the two situations to warrant calling Johnson the first Africa American/Black female POW. Additionally, the US Army specifically refers to her as such on their website in a 2012 article.

--Cinemababe (talk) 21:22, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]