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  • NBC & NFL Apology NOT Accepted - "M.I.A. " right Back at You!

    02/06/2012 12:35:42 PM PST · by SMGFan · 47 replies
    February 6, 2012 | Vanity
    So , NFL & NBC Apologize to me? No M.I.A. needs to Apologize for herself on national TV spots! So, NFL & NBC here is an "M.I.A." back at you.
  • Aspiring first black GOP congresswoman: Don’t put me in a box

    01/14/2012 9:52:02 AM PST · by Baynative · 30 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 1/14/12 | Alexis Levinson
    If Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love wins her bid for Congress, she will be the first black Republican congresswoman in history. But don’t try to put her in that box. ~snip~ If she does receive significant media attention, Love hopes to use the opportunity to express a conservative message that has too few African American champions. “Any time I’m in front of that camera … I’m going to champion those conservative causes. I’m going to let people out there know that we exist, and that … there are conservative black Americans everywhere that believe in fiscal discipline, limited government and...
  • THE SAVAGE NATION!!!!!! 10-27-11

    10/27/2011 2:49:26 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 41 replies
    www.michaelsavage.wnd.com ^ | 10-27-11 | Dr. Michael Savage
  • Air Force pilot missing from Vietnam War identified

    09/06/2011 3:45:41 PM PDT · by Racehorse · 17 replies
    Air Force Retiree News Service | 6 September 2011
    Release No. 09-02-11Sept. 6, 2011WASHINGTON (AFRNS) -- The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Sept. 1 that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Air Force Maj. Thomas E. Reitmann of Red Wing, Minn., will be buried Sept. 8 in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1965, Reitmann was assigned to the 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron deployed out of Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., to Takhli Air Base, Thailand. On Dec 1, 1965, he was flying a strike mission as the No....
  • Obama's China Tilt (Obama halts plan to find bodies of American crewman from Arunachal)

    07/21/2011 10:20:08 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 6 replies
    India Today ^ | July 18, 2011 | Sandeep Unnithan
    Obama halts plan to find bodies of American crewman from Arunachal Sandeep Unnithan | July 9, 2011 Chinese concerns over what it sees as American "intrusion" into Arunachal Pradesh have prompted the Obama administration to suspend plans for recovering bodies of crewmen who went missing there during the Second World War. Two expeditions planned in 2010 and 2011 were cancelled ostensibly because of the Chinese claiming that this was disputed territory. China considers the whole of Arunachal Pradesh as 'South Tibet' and protested expeditions by India and the US to recover the bodies of over 400 US aircrew who died...
  • Brothers, government tangle over Korean War records

    07/06/2011 9:45:27 AM PDT · by DFG · 1 replies
    Star Telegram ^ | 07/04/11 | Chris Vaughn
    As this summer marks the 61st anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, it remains one of the least understood and most overlooked conflicts of the American experience. Time is running out for those who fought the war, as most surviving veterans are in or approaching their 80s. The Korean War Project, founded in 1995 by two Dallas brothers who are the sons of a decorated Korean War Marine, has established itself as a valuable resource for information on unit histories, casualties, battles and those missing in action.
  • Memorial Day History

    05/29/2011 2:56:56 PM PDT · by Salvation · 31 replies
    USMemorialDay.org ^ | 1994-2005 | USMemorialDay.org
                Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of...
  • Black Jack Logan and Memorial Day

    05/30/2011 4:26:01 AM PDT · by GonzoII · 9 replies
    American Catholic ^ | Monday, May 30, 2011 A.D. | Donald R. McClarey
    Black Jack Logan and Memorial Day Monday, May 30, 2011 A.D. | Author Donald R. McClarey Freedom is not only a gift, but also a summons to personal responsibility. Americans know this from experience — almost every town in this country has its monuments honoring those who sacrificed their lives in defense of freedom, both at home and abroad. Pope Benedict, April 16, 2008John A. Logan is the father of Memorial Day. Today he is largely forgotten except to Civil War buffs and that is a shame. He was a fascinating man and he is largely responsible for establishing...
  • Get ready for the rumble [Very Positive & Moving Palin/Rolling Thunder Video Report]

    05/30/2011 2:34:46 AM PDT · by GonzoII · 15 replies
    WJLA ^ | May 29, 2011 | WJLA.com
    Thousands of motorcycles poured into the D.C.-area today for Rolling Thunder, an annual event drawing motorcycle enthusiasts from across the country. The massive collection of motorcycle riders is descending on Washington in memory of the thousands of prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam War.
  • After 43 years, MIA hero is ‘coming home'

    02/22/2011 10:27:38 AM PST · by llevrok · 21 replies
    The News Tribune (Tacoma WA) ^ | 2/22/2011 | KRIS SHERMAN
    Forty-three years ago this month, U.S. Army Spc. 4 James Leslie Moreland vanished during a fierce battle at Lang Vei, South Vietnam. He would later be awarded a Silver Star for heroism that night and be promoted to sergeant first class while listed as MIA – missing in action. Now, his remains positively identified using DNA from five family members, the Green Beret medic is coming home. Sisters Linda Brown of Puyallup and Edna Anita LeMoine of Olympia and brother Donald Moreland of Lakeside, Calif., are relieved, grateful, tearful. “I’ve never given up, and I’m so thankful that after all...
  • Scientist on trial: Thomas Butler's day in court

    11/22/2003 11:10:39 AM PST · by TrebleRebel · 5 replies · 238+ views
    Science | 11/20/2003 | Martin Enserink
    SYNOPSIS: Microbiologist Thomas Butler faces 69 criminal charges in federal court, including lying to the FBI about 30 vials of plague bacteria that went missing from his laboratory at Texas Tech. If convicted on all counts, he could be fined $17 million and be sentenced to up to 469 years in prison. Allies in the scientific community say that Butler is the victim of prosecutorial overkill. But the government says Butler broke rules designed to protect the nation against bioterrorism. Observers say the outcome could have a big impact on life science researchers working with potentially dangerous agents. ***** It...
  • Man arrested for taking pictures at MIA

    01/18/2011 8:39:53 PM PST · by ExSoldier · 82 replies
    WSVN News CH 7 Miami ^ | 1/18/2011 | Staff
    STORYMIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (WSVN) -- A man has been arrested after, officials said, he caused a security scare at a South Florida airport. On Jan. 11, Miami-Dade Police officers stopped Oluwole Aboyade in the Dolphin parking garage at MIA after he reportedly began taking pictures of sensitive areas at the airport. According to a Miami-Dade Police report, an officer said he became alarmed when he saw Aboyade taking pictures of buildings, surveillance cameras, airport runways and restricted areas. When the police approached the Nigerian national, he said he would remain silent. The police report read, "Mr. Aboyade was observed walking...
  • Airmen missing from Vietnam War identified

    01/13/2011 2:19:02 PM PST · by Racehorse · 12 replies
    The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Jan. 12 that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Air Force Col. James E. Dennany, 34, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Maj. Robert L. Tucci, 27, of Detroit, will be buried as a group Jan. 14, in the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery. On Nov. 12, 1969, Colonel Dennany and Major Tucci were flying the No. 3 aircraft of three F-4Ds escorting an AC-130 gunship on a night strike mission over Laos. After the...
  • Report: Taliban Video Shows Captured US Soldier

    12/08/2010 9:58:12 PM PST · by jessduntno · 8 replies
    aolnews ^ | Today
    (Dec. 8) -- A new video containing footage of the only American soldier held captive by the Taliban for almost 18 months has been released on the Internet. Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl of Ketchum, Idaho, was 23 when he disappeared from his combat outpost in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province and was last seen in a video released in April. Images from the new footage, released Tuesday, show the soldier wearing an open-necked tan shirt, with a wound just below his left eye. Previous videos showed Bergdahl with a beard, but he appears clean-shaven with tightly cropped hair in the latest release....
  • MIA Reopened After Suspicious Device Causes Evacuation (Passenger arrived from Brazil)

    09/03/2010 4:07:08 AM PDT · by jimbo123 · 14 replies
    NBC Miami ^ | 9/3/10 | CAROLYN RYAN and BRIAN HAMACHER
    One man is in custody and Miami International Airport is back open this morning after a suspicious device caused a major evacuation and shutdown Thursday night. The security scare happened just after 9 p.m., when a baggage screener spotted a suspicious item in a checked piece of luggage in the Customs area. -snip- A video of what is believed to be part of the suspicious device showed a silver canister, though police haven't confirmed what was found. Police also haven't released the identity of the man taken into custody, but airport officials said he had been on a flight from...
  • Passenger Busted in Miami Airport Shutdown-Luggage suspicious, bomb squad on scene

    09/03/2010 1:07:18 AM PDT · by STARWISE · 24 replies · 1+ views
    Newser ^ | 9-3-10 | Mary Papenfuss
    Sep 3, 2010 2:20 AM CDT - A passenger has been arrested after something suspicious in his checked luggage triggered a shutdown of Miami International Airport last night. Four of six terminals and airport roadways have been closed,
  • Body of 2nd missing US Navy sailor recovered in eastern Afghanistan

    07/29/2010 4:53:11 AM PDT · by NCDragon · 78 replies · 6+ views
    FOXNews.com ^ | July 29, 2010 | FOXNews.com
    <p>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan has been recovered.</p> <p>The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the information, says the family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove — a 25-year-old from the Seattle area — has been notified of his death.</p>
  • Documents Detail Search for Idaho Soldier

    07/29/2010 1:20:30 PM PDT · by La Enchiladita · 4 replies · 2+ views
    AP via Military.com ^ | July 29, 2010 | Staff
    BOISE, Idaho - In the minutes after Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl was reported missing last June, his U.S. Army comrades in southern Afghanistan began searching bunkers, latrines, vehicles, even Afghan National Police posts in a nearby settlement. About five hours later, search dogs were on the ground. Meanwhile, radio operators were already intercepting messages indicating the worst: One of their own was in enemy hands. These details are from leaked military documents about the war in Afghanistan that provide an unvarnished, eight-day window into the U.S. Army's hectic search for an Idaho Soldier captured by the Taliban.
  • The Claims of MG Jan Sejna: Crafted Nonsense

    07/29/2010 8:06:57 AM PDT · by combat_boots · 5 replies · 1+ views
    MIA Facts Web site ^ | Unknown | Unknown
    Summary. In the early 1990s, during the tenure of the Senate Select Committee on POW-MIAs, a witness appeared who told a story about US POWs from the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Major General Jan Sejna, a defector who had fled from Czechoslovakia to the US in 1968, claimed that he knew of a program whereby US POWs from Korea and Vietnam were used in medical experiments in Korea, Russia, and Czechoslovakia. Sejna's story was made more believable by the fact that he had served for years as a consultant to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a position he still held...
  • Has Obama (of all Presidents) Finally Silenced the Rap Industry?

    Rappers in 2010 don’t know what the ‘F’ to do. They are being let down by the first president they actually went to the voting polls for, and they are speechless. In fact, their silence is consent. Isn’t it great to know that of all presidents, Obama is the one who finally shut these foul-mouthed-usually-criminals the hell up! Ha! Gotta love that! Sometimes (OK – most of the time), I just can’t help wishing that musicians would shut up about politics. Either they stand blindly behind a disaster like Obama (Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffet, and way too many others) out...
  • Huge Discovery For Group Searching For MIA Soldiers (WWII)

    06/28/2010 6:35:01 PM PDT · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 21 replies
    WCCO.com ^ | 6/28/10 | Amelia Santaniello
    A local man has dedicated his life, and life savings, to finding the bodies of soldiers missing from World War II. Now all that searching has paid off big time. Bryan Moon lives in Randolph, Minn. and started the group MIA (Missing In Action) Hunters. The group recently made a huge discovery in Papua New Guinea, where it's believed that hundreds of World War II MIA soldiers will soon be recovered. "There are still 76,000 Americans missing in World War II and World War II has been over 65 years. You can't leave them there forever… they've got to come...
  • WWI Marine veteran buried at Arlington Cemetery

    06/24/2010 6:50:36 AM PDT · by Patriot1259 · 9 replies
    TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 06/24/2010 | Susan Bainbridge
    Before a small group of family and friends, the remains of World War I United States Marine First Sergeant George H. Humphrey were buried at Arlington National Cemetery on June 23, 2010. He received full military honors. Humphrey went Missing In Action on September 15, 1918, while leading the first United States attack of the war against the Germans, under the direction of General John J. Pershing. The battle was later recognized as the St. Mihiel Offensive. During this combat, 7,000 allies died. Consequently, this war coined the phrase "D-Day," and was the first time American units used tanks. First...
  • Mass. researcher says he has ID'd 7 MIAs from WWII [retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant]

    06/16/2010 9:18:54 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 2 replies · 236+ views
    hosted ^ | Jun 16 | DAVID DISHNEAU
    SUITLAND, Md. (AP) -- A private researcher who has labored for years to identify the remains of U.S. service members declared missing in action during World War II says he has matched seven MIAs with the remains of unknowns and he expects to match as many as 19 more within a week......
  • Obama leaves WH without press, breaking protocol

    04/10/2010 6:17:45 PM PDT · by mort56 · 245 replies · 13,033+ views
    Google News ^ | 4/10/10 | AP
    President Barack Obama quietly breached years of protocol on Saturday morning by leaving the White House without the press with him. About two hours before reporters were supposed to be in position to leave with the president, Obama left the grounds of the White House. Members of the press were told he was attending one of his daughter's soccer games in northwest Washington, D.C. The White House press corps traditionally travels with the president anywhere he goes, inside and outside the country, to report on the president's activities for the benefit of informing the public and for historical record.
  • Healthcare Reform Passes (Ron Paul)

    03/22/2010 10:04:01 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 34 replies · 979+ views
    Following months of heated public debate and aggressive closed-door negotiations, Congress finally cast a historic vote on healthcare late Sunday evening. It was truly a sad weekend on the House floor as we witnessed further dismantling of the Constitution, disregard of the will of the people, explosive expansion of the reach of government, unprecedented corporate favoritism, and the impending end of quality healthcare as we know it. Those in favor of this bill touted their good intentions of ensuring quality healthcare for all Americans, as if those of us against the bill are against good medical care. They cite fanciful...
  • Do you miss George W. Bush? [we won't miss you - ZOT!]

    03/09/2010 11:40:50 AM PST · by meandog · 119 replies · 1,093+ views
    The Grand Rapids Press ^ | March 09, 2010, 12:02PM | By Troy Reimink |
    When former President George W. Bush addresses the Economic Club of Grand Rapids in June, will he be riding a wave of nostalgia? New York Times columnist Stanley Fish points to a few signs that Bush's image rehab has begun. One literally is a sign -- a billboard in Minnesota with an image of a smiling, waving Bush and a message that reads, "Miss Me Yet?" He also notes a Newsweek cover story that vindicates Bush's Iraq policy, "Mission Accomplished" and everything. Fish writes that Bush nostalgia, if it indeed exists, is the result both of Bush's relative silence since...
  • Family pleads for release of U.S. soldier

    01/24/2010 1:15:55 PM PST · by blueyon · 11 replies · 448+ views
    msnbc ^ | 12/25/09 | AP
    KABUL - The family of a U.S. soldier captured in eastern Afghanistan more than five months ago pleaded for the release of their son Friday and urged him to "stay strong." Lt. Col. Tim Marsano of the Idaho National Guard issued a statement from the family of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. airborne infantryman who was taken by the Afghan Taliban in Paktika province June 30.
  • Families of military MIAs refuse to give up hope

    01/24/2010 11:44:22 AM PST · by Saije · 8 replies · 529+ views
    Orlando Sentinel ^ | 1/24/2010 | Eloísa Ruano González
    Carol Orrell has been waiting 42 years for answers about the disappearance of her husband, Navy Seaman Gilbert J. Graham, who served in the Vietnam War. On September 28, 1967, Graham, 21, was on river patrol when enemy forces launched a B-40 rocket into his boat, only 8 feet from him. After the third rocket, the boat exploded into flaming scraps of metal. The boat ride was supposed to be his last assignment before being discharged the next morning, Orrell said. She had received a letter days earlier from her husband, who couldn't wait to return home to start a...
  • Pilot Missing From Vietnam War Found

    01/21/2010 5:32:31 AM PST · by Doogle · 9 replies · 583+ views
    Military.com ^ | 01/13/10 | USAF
    Officials with the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced that the remains of an Air Force pilot, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial. Maj. Russell C. Goodman of Salt Lake City, Utah, will be honored at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., home of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird demonstration team. At the time he was lost, Major Goodman was assigned to the Thunderbirds and was flying with the U.S. Navy on an exchange program. He will be buried in Alaska at a date determined by his...
  • Thunderbird returns to Nellis for final farewell

    01/15/2010 3:28:12 PM PST · by SandRat · 13 replies · 793+ views
    Air Force News ^ | Tech. Sgt. Russ Martin, USAF
    1/15/2010 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- A Thunderbird pilot killed in Southeast Asia and listed as missing in action for more than 40 years returned to the location of his last Air Force assignment Jan. 14 for a celebration of his life among a sea of family and peers. "Today, we welcome Maj. Russell C. Goodman home," said Brig. Gen. Russell J. Handy, the 57th Wing commander during a funeral service with full military honors at the Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron hangar at Nellis Air Force Base. "We welcome him home to the United States, welcome...
  • York County airman's remains recovered from Vietnam four decades after his plane was downed

    12/31/2009 4:58:27 PM PST · by csvset · 15 replies · 717+ views
    Daily Press ^ | December 27, 2009 | Jon Cawley
    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...
  • MERRY CHRISTMAS, PRIVATE BERGDAHL

    12/25/2009 4:16:57 PM PST · by Cindy · 24 replies · 773+ views
    INTERNET HAGANAH.com ^ | Posted on 25 December 2009 @ 23:08 | Aaron Weisburd
    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:
  • 2 NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan

    11/06/2009 5:26:11 AM PST · by Cardhu · 10 replies · 393+ views
    CNNI ^ | October 6th 2009 | CNN staff
    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.
  • Where is calcowgirl?

    11/03/2009 1:01:51 PM PST · by Amerigomag · 18 replies · 1,106+ views
    Amerigomag | 11-04-2009 | Amerigomag
    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?
  • The POWs We Left Behind

    10/12/2009 5:55:28 AM PDT · by SJackson · 10 replies · 790+ views
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | 10-12-09 | Jamie Glazov
    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...
  • Last missing Vietnam War victim buried at home

    09/07/2009 4:13:47 PM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 9 replies · 739+ views
    The Australian ^ | 8th September 2009 | Pia Akerman
    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...
  • Last Aussie Vietnam War soldiers coming home

    08/30/2009 12:39:35 AM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 6 replies · 610+ views
    news.com.au ^ | 30th August 2009
    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...
  • Face of Defense: Sergeant Volunteers for Recovery Effort

    08/21/2009 4:15:23 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 242+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Airman Ian Hoachlander, USAF
    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...
  • Trooper honoured in Vietnam Remembrance Day (story of a 'found' MIA)

    08/19/2009 6:14:08 PM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 419+ views
    The Australian ^ | 18th August 2009 | Mark Dodd
    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...
  • Canada finds possible US Air Force plane lost in 1942

    08/16/2009 5:53:44 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 28 replies · 3,414+ views
    AFP ^ | Aug. 6, 2009
    OTTAWA (AFP) – Canadian underwater archeologists accidentally discovered what they believe to be the wreck of a US Air Force airplane that sank in the Saint Lawrence seaway in 1942, the Parks Canada divers said Thursday. The divers said in a statement that they were carrying out routine work in an adjacent area when they came across the wreck. It must still be confirmed that it is indeed the lost plane. "This is a very significant discovery," Quebec region Minister Christian Paradis said. "This plane is a testament to the collaboration between Canada and the US during the Second World...
  • Navy Pilot's Remains Return to Fla. 18 Years After Gulf War Death

    08/14/2009 6:11:46 AM PDT · by magslinger · 12 replies · 1,307+ views
    Fox ^ | Thursday, August 13, 2009 | Ass. Press
    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.
  • Speicher Search Details Announced

    08/08/2009 9:32:42 AM PDT · by A.A. Cunningham · 7 replies · 786+ views
    United States Navy ^ | 7 August 2009 | Navy News Service
    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...
  • Sergeant Charles “Leo” Wilson: MIA Returns home after 59 years [escorted by Patriot Guard Riders]

    08/05/2009 7:49:03 PM PDT · by EternalVigilance · 7 replies · 829+ views
    America's Independent Party ^ | August 5, 2009 | Elizabeth Young
    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...
  • Remains of Scott Speicher Found

    08/02/2009 3:53:52 PM PDT · by bad company · 12 replies · 1,022+ views
    www.wkrg.com ^ | 8/2/2009 | Chad Petri
    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...
  • Remains of First U.S. Gulf War Casualty Found: Capt. Scott Speicher - Video 8/2/09 + Tribute Video

    08/02/2009 11:47:44 AM PDT · by Federalist Patriot · 11 replies · 532+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | August 2, 2009 | BrianinMO
    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...
  • Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 (Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher; 1991 Gulf War)

    08/02/2009 11:53:44 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 17 replies · 1,548+ views
    AP ^ | August 2, 2009
    <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>
  • Remains of U.S. Pilot Missing 18 Years in Iraq Found

    08/02/2009 5:15:51 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 16 replies · 1,964+ views
    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...
  • Remains of First American Lost in Persian Gulf War Found.

    08/02/2009 4:08:02 AM PDT · by mware · 75 replies · 4,920+ views
    Fox News ^ | 08/02/09 | fox news
    Breaking on Fox. Body now in US for further confirmation.
  • Remains Identified as Navy Captain Michael Scott Speicher (1991 Gulf War MIA identified)

    08/02/2009 4:32:09 AM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 48 replies · 2,631+ views
    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...
  • Last (Australian) Vietnam MIAs identified

    07/30/2009 4:02:58 PM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 3 replies · 288+ views
    The Australian ^ | 31st July 2009 | Pia Akerman and Gavin Lower
    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...