Families Celebrate Return of POWs Amid Joy and Prayer
Families across Texas and New Jersey welcomed home seven POWs from Iraq, including five from the 507th Maintenance Company and two Apache pilots. Relatives voiced relief, volunteers cheered, and President Bush lauded the homecoming while others continued awaiting word on missing service members.
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Fort Bliss
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Basra
Jessica Lynch
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Tikrit
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POWs Freed After Baghdad Rescue Shocks Families
U S POWs rescued near Baghdad including five from the 507th Maintenance Company and two Apache crewmen recount beatings at capture and movement as forces closed in. Ronald Young Jr. reunited with family in Georgia after seeing video of his release. Amid the war's broader hunt for Saddam and WMD, officials pursue remains and leads while Syria denies hosting Iraqi refugees. Johnson, wounded, returns to the plane in khakis and bandages.
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Washington Post
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Lithia Springs
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America
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Jessica Lynch
Traq
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Marines push into Saddam’s hometown Tikrit in new raid
U S forces move into Tikrit amid scattered Republican Guard and Fedayeen holdouts. Marines establish a foothold as artillery and jets pound the city. Officials report small arms fire and rocket incidents with a tank column destroyed and 15 to 20 Iraqis killed.
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National Post
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Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Baath Party
Rumsfeld
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New York Times
John Kelly
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