Shoshana Johnson Biography

Shoshana Nyree Johnson was born in the Republic of Panama and immigrated to the United States as a kid with her family. She did not want to be a second-generation Army veteran, but she enrolled a JROTC cadet in 1991 and joined the U.S. Army in September 1998 while completing classes at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Shoshana was in a convoy that was attacked in the city of an-Nasiriyah on March 23, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. She and five other troops were caught and held as prisoners of war, generating international headlines. On the morning of April 13, the POWs were rescued by US Marines, and Shoshana returned to the United States, retiring from the Army on a Temporary Disability Honorable Discharge in December 2003. Her honours and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Prisoner of War Medal. Shoshana was also named by US Army personnel as the first female POW of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the first black female POW in US combat history.

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