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Shoshana Johnson, America's first black female prisoner of war, shares the story of her capture and imprisonment in Iraq and her rescue. On March 23, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Johnson was in a convoy that was ambushed in the city of An Nasiriyah. Wounded, she and five fellow soldiers were captured and taken as prisoners of war. They were rescued by US Marines on April 13 and she returned to the US decorated and honorably discharged. Now, after years of coming to terms with her story, Johnson recounts with full candor exactly what happened to her and her fellow soldiers during the twenty-two days of their captivity, which none of them have told because of a military gag order. Her perspective of the ambush is revealing and her insight into life as a female POW inspirational.

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Shoshana Nyree Johnson was born in the Republic of Panama and moved to the United States with her family when she was a child. A second-generation Army veteran, she did not plan a career in the military but became a JROTC cadet in 1991 and joined the U.S. Army in September 1998 while attending classes at the University of Texas at El Paso. She lives in El Paso, Texas, with her daughter, sisters, and two nieces. M. L. Doyle has served the U.S. Army at home and abroad for more than two decades as both a soldier and civilian. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, where she is working on a novel in addition to her civil service. I'm Still Standing is her first published work. Napiera Groves, born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, earned a BFA from Howard University. She also attended the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University. Her extensive training in theater, music, and dance has brought her numerous roles in television and film and on stage.

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