Posted on 08/02/2009 5:15:51 AM PDT by nuconvert
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 it takes," Commander Cappy Surette, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy, told FOX News.
Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, added, "we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Captain Speicher and his family for the sacrifice they have made for our nation and the example of strength they have set for all of us."
The Pentagon initially declared Speicher killed, but uncertainty — and the lack of remains — led officials over the years to change his official status a number of times to "missing in action" and later "missing-captured."
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RIP brave warrior.
Finally. God bless him and his poor family. God bless the Iraqis who knew and told where to find him.
Yes, now we know he wasn’t captured and tortured and imprisoned for years.
Thanks
Thank the Lord that people knew where he was and spoke up. God Rest his soul and Bless his family.
Finally. May his family have some peace. Thank you Captain Speicher for your ultimate sacrifice.
mrs
God rest his soul and comfort his family.
Thoughts and prayers for the family.
Thanks for your service and your sacrifice to your country in the name of freedom, Captain Speicher.
Sad news, but I pray that it brings some comfort to the family of Scott. May he rest in peace.
Captain Speicher is the namesake of FOB Speicher located in Tikrit, Iraq.
This is great news BUT. . . Why would we believe a DOD press release? Why is it we should suck this right up when we MAY have a potus that is illegal and no one wants to investigate it? Just sayin’
God rest your soul Scott!
It was the Bedouins who pointed out the location of the mass graves South of Baghdad. I had heard that they saw busses loaded with people heading out into the desert only to come back empty. When we would fly over one of their camps, they had put the word out that they wanted to hear our guns fire so we would aim our guns out to an empty area in the desert and let them loose.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in Peace.
Amen.
Boots
Welcome home Captain Speicher, may you rest in peace. Prayers for the comfort of your loved ones.
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