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Kaye Young, left, kisses Jennifer Skiver, the wife of another helicopter pilot, after a news conference at the Young home in Lithia Springs, Ga. To the family of former prisoner of war Ronald D. Young Jr., his rescue Sunday was an answer to prayer and fasting, and not just by their LDS ward members. "There were so many people praying for him, I don't see how it could possibly go any other way," said Ronald D. Young Sr., his dad, interviewed by telephone at their home in Lithia Springs, Ga. "Today was the best day of my life." For...

IN STRIPED pyjamas and sandals, seven American prisoners of war limped to freedom in northern Iraq yesterday, after their captors had fled from US forces advancing on President Saddam Hussein’s home city of Tikrit. Blinking from the sunlight as they emerged from 22 days of captivity, the six men and one woman clung to their rescuers, barely believing that they had escaped with their lives. News of the rescue, which included two Apache helicopter pilots shot down over Iraq on March 24, was greeted with jubilation by the soldiers’ families. Some wept with relief as they watched television pictures...

Being reported on CNN - 6 POWs - found alive. No more information.

Seven American POW's, including tewo helicopter pilots as well as members of the 507th Maintenance Company, have been turned over to a Marine unit near amarra without a fight. The unit was in the area for another mission, when an Iraqi policeman apporached and said "I know you are here for the prisoners".

<p>April 12, 2003 -- President Bush yesterday vowed to find the seven missing American POWs, whose whereabouts are still unknown three days after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.</p> <p>"We will use every resource we have to find any POWs that are alive," the president told reporters yesterday. "And we pray that they are alive, because if they are we will find them."</p>

Iraqi TV Shows Men Said Downed in Copter 29 minutes ago By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi state television on Monday showed two men said to have been the U.S. crew of an Apache helicopter forced down during heavy fighting in central Iraq (news - web sites). AP Photo Latest news: · Bush, Blair Plan 2-Day Meeting in U.S. AP - 24 minutes ago · Allies Advance As Warplanes Hit Baghdad AP - 29 minutes ago · Iraqi TV Shows Men Said Downed in Copter AP - 29 minutes ago Special Coverage   Gen. Tommy Franks, the...