Jessica Lynch, the former PoW whose capture and rescue from an Iraqi hospital made her a US celebrity, has signed a book deal that will put her on the way to becoming a millionaire.

A plane carrying seven US prisoners of war who were rescued in Iraq have arrived at a military base in Germany, where they were to be examined at a military hospital.

American troops were today searching for more US prisoners of war in Iraq after the daring rescue of a 19-year-old army supply clerk held for nine days in central city of Nasiriyah.

US forces in Iraq have rescued 19-year-old US soldier Jessica Lynch, who was being held prisoner in Iraq, it was announced today.

Back in the l960s, Bob Crane was the star of the TV series, Hogan's Heroes, about a group of Americans held in a German PoW camp. It was totally bereft of wit but it ran and ran and ran and was popular.