Asian American Among POWs
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Joseph Hudson, 23, a 1998 graduate of Alamogordo High School, is assigned to the 507th Maintenance Co. He was among 10 to 12 Fort Bliss soldiers who U.S. military officials said were captured or killed in an ambush near An Nasiriyah, a major crossing point over the Euphrates northwest of Basra.
"I saw my Joseph on television while he was being interviewed. They tried to ask him questions, and he said he was just doing his job. ... I looked at him ... he looked so scared," said Anicita Hudson, who broke down several times while talking about her boy.
Joseph Hudson's family learned of his capture through the unprecedented media coverage of the war that has produced instant TV images and reports from the field. Even though the Iraqi regime had ejected numerous news agencies by Sunday, journalists from t
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