Former POW Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson, 30, center, is escorted by U.S. soldiers to a waiting C-130 transport plane at an air base, April 13, 2003. Johnson was with a convoy of the 507th Maintenance Company that was ambushed March 23 in the southern Iraqi city of Nasariyah.
Truck driver Ken Krueger celebrates with Eunice Johnson, mother of Spc. Shoshana Johnson, after learning of Shoshana's recovery by U.S. troops, April 13, 2003. Krueger served with Claude Johnson, Shoshana's father, at Fort Bliss from 1994-1995.
Teresa Roland reacts as she looks at a picture of best friend Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson being rescued in Iraq by U.S. soldiers, April 13, 2003. Roland was visiting the Johnson home in El Paso, Texas after hearing the good news.
U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilots Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams, 30, of Orlando, Fla. and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, Ga., are escorted onto a waiting C-130 transport plane, April 13, 2003, 60 miles south of Baghdad. Both were taken as POWs by Iraqi forces when their helicopter was forced down March 23 during heavy fighting.
U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, right, of Lithia Springs, Ga., who had been held as a POW by Iraqi forces, is escorted on to a waiting C-130 transport plane, April 13, 2003.
Kaye and Ron Young, Sr. rejoice at a news conference outside their home in Lithia Springs, Ga., after learning their son, Army helicopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., and six other American POWs had been rescued in Iraq, April 13, 2003.
A large yellow ribbon is tied to an oak tree outside the home of the grandparents of American prisoner of war David Williams in Orlando, Fla., April 13, 2003. It was announced that Williams was found safe, along with six other POWs, north of Baghdad, Iraq.
Freed POW Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, 23, of Park City, Kan., is escorted on to a waiting C-130 transport plane by U.S. Marines, April 13, 2003.
Jane Riley smiles and laughs with Maj. Nathan Banks from the U.S. Army outside her home in Pennsauken, N.J. after hearing her son James Riley, 31, a POW in Iraq, was safe, April 13, 2003.
U.S. Army Spc. Edgar Hernandez, 21, of Mission, Texas, left, Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, center, of Alamogordo, N.M. and Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, 23, of Park City, Kan., all of the 507th Maintenance Company, are escorted onto a waiting C-130, April 13, 2003. All were taken as POWs by Iraqi forces on March 23 when their convoy was ambushed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasariyah.
A short time after learning that her son, Spc. Edgar Hernandez, was safely rescued in Iraq, Maria de la Luz Hernandez, forward facing, is embraced by a neighbor, April 13, 2003.
Standing outside their Mission, Texas, home, April 13, 2003, Jose and Maria de la Luz Hernandez, and son Marco, smile shortly after being notified that their son Spc. Edgar Hernandez had been rescued in Iraq.
Anecita Hudson, center, mother of Spc. Joseph Hudson, points at the television when a picture of Hudson's rescue in Iraq is shown, April 13, 2003. Joseph's brother Anthony, 19, right, shows his excitement after receiving the news from Sgt. 1st Class Ramon Montano, a N.M. National Guardsman, left, who delivered the good news to the family in in Alamogordo, N.M.
U.S. Marines come out to the tarmac to cheer as seven U.S. Soldiers who were held as POWs by Iraqi forces pass by to a waiting C-130 transport plane from Logistical Support Area Chesty, April 13, 2003, 60 miles south of Baghdad.