http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mia/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:58:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418717/posts YORK It took 41 years, but a York County airman missing in action since the Vietnam War has finally been laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery after his remains were positively identified earlier this year. Melvin Douglas Rash, of Grafton, was buried with full military honors Dec. 7 at the revered Washington-area cemetery. He had been missing since 1968, when his Air Force C-130 airplane was presumably shot down over Vietnam. After years of dead ends, the plane's wreckage was finally positively identified in 2002 in a jungle area near the Laotian border. It took six years before military... Daily Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418717/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:58:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415126/posts Private Bergdahl - assuming he's still alive - is spending Christmas as a captive of the Taliban. His captors spent the last day or two uploading a video showing Private Bergdahl reading a statement. The video was divided into four segments and uploaded to YouTube on 25 December 2009. The YouTube account is: INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415126/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:16:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379865/posts Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two members of the NATO-led military force in Afghanistan have been missing since Wednesday, the force said Friday. The soldiers were reported missing after going on a routine resupply mission in western Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force told CNN. CNNI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379865/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:26:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377672/posts Has anyone heard from or gal since last summer. She had developed quite a group of connected followers on Twitter and then vanished from the web. Any chance she went to work for a politico? Amerigomag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377672/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:01:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360498/posts Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Lynn O’Shea, Director of Research for the National Alliance of Families for the Return of America’s Missing Servicemen. FP: Lynn O’Shea, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Tell us what your Alliance is currently working on. O’Shea: Currently, we are working toward the passage of House Resolution 111, calling for the formation of a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs in the House of Representatives. It is our hope that the House Committee will pick up where the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs ended in 1993. When the Senate Committee published its final report, it contained several... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360498/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:55:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334231/posts SHANE Herbert was 11 years old when his older brother Michael went missing on a night bombing mission in Vietnam. Yesterday, as a grown man, Shane wept as he spoke of his RAAF pilot brother whose life was cut short at 24, with his body lying in the jungle for the next 39 years. "We all lived in hope and believed no news was good news," Mr Herbert told more than 300 mourners gathered for his brother's state funeral. "My father and mother, who were younger than what I am now, I just don't know how you kept going," he... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334231/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:13:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327850/posts AUSTRALIA'S last two servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam War have begun their final journey home. The remains of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, both lost in 1970, have been placed aboard a RAAF Hercules transport aircraft for the trip from Hanoi, Vietnam, back to Australia. Family members and former comrades of the RAAF's 2 Squadron observed the solemn ceremony at Noi Bai Airfield as their caskets were carried aboard the aircraft. The family members and former servicemen will accompany them on the journey home. Parliamentary secretary Dr Mike Kelly said the aircraft would fly... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327850/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:39:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321632/posts CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C., Aug. 21, 2009 – A senior noncommissioned officer assigned here recently returned from a recovery mission to find the remains of an American pilot in Laos. Air Force Master Sgt. Wesley Housel sifts through dirt while conducting a recovery mission in Houaphan province, Laos. Housel was part of a 10-member recovery team on a deployment to recover the remains of Americans lost during the Vietnam War. DoD photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Air Force Master Sgt. Wesley Housel of the 437th Operations Support Squadron spent a 36-day deployment as a digger assigned to... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321632/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320060/posts ANNIE Cowdroy and her family never expected to get the chance to properly farewell her brother, SAS Trooper David Fisher, who went missing in action during the Vietnam War in 1969. Trooper Fisher died during a “hot extraction” falling from a rope attached to a rescue helicopter called to evacuate his patrol, which was encircled by a superior force of North Vietnamese soldiers. The incident occurred in Cam My district in southern Phuoc Tuy province, where the Australian task force was based. For almost 30 years, that seemed destined to be the final chapter in Trooper Fisher’s story. But last... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320060/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:14:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317193/posts AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317193/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:53:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2315897/posts JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The remains of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher returned to his Florida home on Thursday, 18 years after his FA-18 Hornet was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War. Speicher's remains arrived at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station around 3 p.m. About ten minutes later his coffin was rolled off the plane draped with the U.S. flag. It was to remain at the All Saints Chapel on the base overnight. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2315897/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:11:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311408/posts Speicher Search Details Announced Story Number: NNS090807-14 Release Date: 8/7/2009 4:11:00 PM From the Department of Defense WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced Aug. 7 additional details regarding the recent discovery of the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher in Iraq. Speicher was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over west-central Iraq Jan. 17, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm. Acting in part on information provided by an Iraqi citizen in early July, Multi National Force–West's (MNF-W) personnel recovery team went to a location in the desert which was believed to be the crash site of... United States Navy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311408/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309312/posts Sergeant Charles “Leo” Wilson returns home to Ava, Missouri tonight. He has been escorted by the Patriot Guard Riders. (Thank you!) Ken just heard about this on the way home from work today. Ava is our home town. Upon checking the Funeral Home web page, we discovered that his niece was in our graduating class and Ken worked with his nephew. The funeral will be Saturday and God willing, we will be there. Thanks, once again, to all our veterans and their families. We don't have words to adequately tell how we appreciate your sacrifice. Link below gives more information... America's Independent Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309312/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306724/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The nearly two-decade-old question of what happened to Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher has been answered. The military says remains found in the Iraq desert have been identified as those of the pilot, whose plane was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War. The Pentagon says the remains were found after officials received new information from an Iraqi citizen last month, and were positively identified yesterday by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The Pentagon initially declared Speicher killed, but changed his status to "missing in action" and later "missing-captured." His shattered plane... www.wkrg.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306724/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:53:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2306604/posts Here is a video report on the news that the U.S. Military has identified the remains of U.S. Navy Captain Scott Speicher, who was shot down over Iraq at the opening of the first Gulf War in 1991. His remains had never been found, and some had speculated he could be alive somewhere in Iraq, or that he had been held by the Saddam Hussein regime. Apparently an Iraqi in Anbar Province came forward and told U.S. officials that they knew where an American pilot was buried. The skeletal remains were found, brought back to the U.S., and testing has... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2306604/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:47:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306607/posts <p>WASHINGTON (Aug. 2) - Navy pilot Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, hidden in the sand from the world's mightiest military all these years.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306607/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:53:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306394/posts Remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been found in the Anbar province of a Iraq, the U.S. Navy said Sunday. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology has positively identified the remains of Captain Michael "Scott" Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war. The Navy said the discovery illustrates the military's commitment to bring its troops home. "This is a testament to how the Navy never stops looking for one of its own. No matter how long... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306394/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306379/posts Breaking on Fox. Body now in US for further confirmation. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306379/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306384/posts The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) has positively identified remains recovered in Iraq as those of Captain Michael Scott Speicher. Captain Speicher was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over west-central Iraq on January 17th, 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Captain Speicher's family for the ultimate sacrifice he made for his country," said Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy. "I am also extremely grateful to all those who have worked so tirelessly over the last 18 years to bring Captain Speicher home." “Our Navy will never give up looking... U.S. Department of Defense http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306384/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304809/posts MIKE Herbert was a nice guy who never minded doing a favour for a mate. On November 3, 1970, the 24-year-old pilot agreed to take his friend Dave's rostered flying shift in the RAAF Canberra bomber plane with the callsign Magpie 91. The reason? Dave had met a girl, an entertainer flown over to entertain the troops in Vietnam. Herbert and navigator Robert Carver instead took Magpie 91 up over Quang Nam province, a rugged and remote jungle region near the Laotian border. Poor weather was reported over the target, a Viet Cong bunker complex, when the bomber took off... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304809/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304254/posts THE remains of the last two Australian servicemen missing from the Vietnam War have been found in the wreckage of their crashed bomber. An RAAF search team, which has been excavating the crash site near the Vietnam border with Laos, found human remains which have been identified as pilot Flying Officer Michael Herbert, 24, from Glenelg, South Australia, and navigator Pilot Officer Robert Carver, 24, from Toowoomba, Queensland. Both died when their Canberra bomber crashed while returning from a mission on November 3, 1970. Defence Personnel Minister Greg Combet said the recovery team found human remains near the crash site.... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304254/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:33:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299647/posts WASHINGTON, July 23, 2009 – Nearing the end of his 42-year career in the Navy, Adm. Timothy J. Keating today reflected on those who served alongside him, giving special emphasis to troops whose fates remain unknown. Keating, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, addressed the National League of POW/MIA Families, a group that strives to account for the more than 1,750 veterans of Vietnam and other wars still missing. “We’re going to do whatever it takes, with appropriate support, to have you reach some sort of conclusion in your minds and in your hearts as to where your loved one... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299647/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297266/posts While the Pentagon said Monday that troops are "sparing no effort" to find an American soldier captured by the Taliban, his godmother in Portland disputed increasing speculation that the 23-year-old may have deserted. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who spoke at a Pentagon news conference Monday, condemned a video of Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl released by the Taliban, saying he was disgusted by the exploitation of a prisoner. Members of Bergdahl's family, who live in central Idaho, released a statement through the local sheriff and turned down all requests for interviews. The circumstances of Bergdahl's capture on June 30 are not... http://blog.oregonlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297266/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:02:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2297157/posts I'm trying to find a source that lists the amounts of people freed by the US military in its various wars and conflicts for a speech; if anyone can point me to one I'd appreciate it, Thank You. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2297157/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:49:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297033/posts WASHINGTON, July 20, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said American commanders are “sparing no effort” to locate a U.S. soldier who went missing early this month in Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters today during a Pentagon news conference, Gates also expressed his disgust at the exploitation of Army Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, who the Defense Department identified as the missing soldier and who is featured in a video apparently released yesterday on the Internet by his captors. “Our commanders are sparing no effort to find this young soldier, and I also would say that my personal reaction was one... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297033/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:46:04 GMT