Family of POW Hoping for Quick End to War

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Family of POW Hoping for Quick End to War

The half brother of a Kansas soldier held captive in Iraq said he wants the United States to finish the war ``as fast as possible'' so his brother can come home, AP reported Monday.

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The half brother of a Kansas soldier held captive in Iraq said he wants the United States to finish the war ``as fast as possible'' so his brother can come home, AP reported Monday.

The family of 23-year-old Pfc. Patrick Miller said he was one of five prisoners of war seen Sunday answering questions on Iraqi television. There also was footage of at least four bodies.

The soldier's half brother, Thomas Hershberger, 27, said his mother spoke to Miller's wife Sunday. She had received confirmation from the military that Miller was being held by the Iraqis, he said.

``She is not doing the best right now,'' he said of his mother, who lives in New Mexico. ``I haven't had a conversation with her without her crying.''

Also Sunday, the mother of another captured soldier offered a plea to President Bush. ``Please do something for my son,'' Anecita Hudson said of Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M.

Members of another family told NBC's ``Today'' show Monday that the only woman among the captives seen on Iraqi video was their loved one, Army Spc. Shoshawna Johnson. They said she was the daughter of a military man and grew up near Fort Bliss in Texas.

``I can't imagine what she's going through,'' said a cousin, Tracy Thorn. ``I can't begin to imagine what she's feeling. She looks scared.''

Thorn said she heard the news from her mother Sunday, adding, ``You know, hundreds of thousands of soldiers are out there. You never think that one of your family members would be one of those to be taken captive.''

Jean Offutt, a spokeswoman for Fort Bliss in Texas, said 10 or more of those who were missing Sunday were with the 507th Maintenance Company, which deployed last month with the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.

Source: Agencies

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