[A.A. Cunningham]

090728-M-0000X-501 ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq (July 28, 2009) Marines from Task Force Personnel Recovery (TF MP) of Multi-National Force-West conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, whose F/A-18 was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 17, 1991. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo/Released)

090728-M-0000X-476 ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq (July 28, 2009) Marines from Task Force Personnel Recovery (TF MP) of Multi-National Force-West conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, whose F/A-18 was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 17, 1991. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo/Released)

090723-M-0000X-390 ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq (July 23, 2009) Marines from Task Force Personnel Recovery (TF MP) of Multi-National Force-West conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, whose F/A-18 was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 17, 1991. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo/Released

[1rudeboy]

I reading this to mean (and hoping it to mean) that Capt. Speicher did not rot in some prison.

[retrogo]

I’m curious to know what else was found with the remains. Speicher’s flight uniform was uncovered years earlier near the crash site. I think it was in 1995.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

“There were two sites that teams searched. One site was next to the downed aircraft that was discovered in 1993, and the other site was approximately two kilometers away. The second site was where Speicher’s remains were recovered.”

the story of his flight suit and more:
http://www.ohiopowmia.net/speicherarticle4.html

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you for posting. So sad to see these photos and that it took so long to find him. 2 kilometers from crash site means to me that he did not live long; weakened by impact and injuries, the heat and deydration got him. Of course, that depends on how quickly the Bedouins found him. One account says he was already dead when discovered.

The REAL story is how quickly search-and-rescue was called off after his disappearance. He was abandoned, no other way to put it.