"WASHINGTON – A Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in January 1991 may have been captured by Iraqi forces, and members of the former Iraqi government "know the whereabouts" of the officer, the Navy has concluded.
A Navy board of inquiry concluded that there is no credible evidence that Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher is dead, and it reaffirmed his official status as "missing/captured," according to the board's final report.
The board also recommended that the Pentagon work with the State Department, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and the Iraqi government to "increase the level of attention and effort inside Iraq" to resolve the question of Speicher's fate.
Navy Secretary Gordon England approved the report on Wednesday, according to Lt. Erin Bailey, a Navy spokeswoman..."
Let's hope and pray we get him back.
Stranger and stranger. Personally I believe that he was held several years before he was killed or succumed to the mistreatment and malnourishment.
Thanks for the ping. They remain in my prayers.
More Information Here:
Navy: Iraqis Know MIA Pilot's Whereabouts (Speicher)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1480259/posts
Assuming that he is alive, he has cajones de brasso. I pray that he is alive and that he is returned to his family.
Bump/ping.
Camp Speicher, Iraq is named for him. Don't anyone think for a second that there is one person serving over there that doesn't think about Speicher and Maupin.
God (and the US Military) willing they will be brought home soon.
Tonk can you use your ping list for Texas Cowboy post,Thanks,Betty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380134/posts?page=6039#6039
Thanks for the ping!!
There's a website at http://www.freescottspeicher.org/.
I wrote the following two years ago, when there were some promising developments...
Listen to My Heart
One day in May
From out of the blue
This guy named Scott . . . flew
Into my heart.
He found plenty of room there
Warmth and love, too.
I'm not leaving, he said.
Your heart is so wide -
I've been some rough places,
And I need now to hide.
I miss the embraces
Of loved ones so dear.
I'm too far away,
And I long to be near
To see hear and touch
Each Friend who stood by me:
I love you so much!
So I flew to your heart,
I'm here now to stay,
To live and breathe with you
Each step of the way.
I'm glad that I found you,
Let's cling to the end:
That great day we meet and begin to mend.
Thanks for the ping!
BTTT!!!!!!