Posted on 08/02/2009 4:08:02 AM PDT by mware
Breaking on Fox. Body now in US for further confirmation.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Awaiting further DNA test.
I thought it read;
Remains of First Ammmendment Lost in Persian Gulf War Found.
Seems people are more interested in that damn birth cert than a true American hero.
The Navy says remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq. They were found in the Anbar province, according to a senior U.S. defense official.
Officials say the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 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 war.
"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.
Officials say they got new information from Iraqi citizens last month that led them to a place in the desert believed to be the crash site — and there they found the remains.
The Pentagon initially declared him killed, but uncertainty led officials over the years to change his official status a number of times to "missing in action" and "missing-captured."
FOX News' Jennifer Griffin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
I’m not sure it needs to be an either/or situation. But do let’s hope this brings some sense of completion for this warrior’s family. For them it has been a long wait.
At least now the family has closure.
Very sad, but more than time. May his family finally find closure.
Yeah they do
Wow. Michael “Scott” Speicher found?!
That would be a great thing for his family after all this time of not knowing.
R.I.P
“Eternal Father Strong to Save” - The Navy Hymn
Eternal Father, Strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bid’st the mighty Ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee,
for those in peril on the sea.
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked’st on the foaming deep,
and calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
Most Holy spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
O Trinity of love and power!
Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe’er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee,
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
I would like to say that it’s great that this is finally over for the family, the Navy and the nation.
I hope that he died quickly as a result of combat. I remember reading articles based on heresay and conjecture that he was in fact alive for years in Iraq shuttled about and tortured. Something like a real life Chuck Norris MIA movie.
R.I.P. Captain (He’s been promoted.) Speicher
I heard an early report that these civilians saw a Bedouin burying the body of Scott near his crash site.
RIP.
“Seems people are more interested in that damn birth cert than a true American hero.”
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This is one of few areas where I can multi-task. The Birth certificate is important to me, but so is this soldier.
At the very least, the loved ones will have a body to bury. It’s not “closure” to use that overused phrase, but at least now the family knows.
Rest in peace and may the perpetual light of the Lord shine upon you, Scott. And may the Lord in His infinite grace provide comfort and strength to those you have left behind.
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