Speicher’s disappearance in Iraq had bedeviled investigators for 18 years
WASHINGTON - The remains of the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly two decades with the question of whether he was dead or alive.
The Pentagon said the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on Saturday had positively identified the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war.
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At last this family has some peace and they can bring this hero home to rest.
ReplyDeleteWhere I am from in PA a Glenn Zeigler I went to school with was also lost in his fighter jet. I wonder how many more we are missing?
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