Remains of Scott Speicher ID’d
CBS News reports:
The Department of Defense has positively identified the remains of a U.S. Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in the opening hours of the 1991 Gulf War.
CBS News Pentagon correspondent David Martin reports that remains found in Iraq have been confirmed to be that of Captain Michael “Scott” Speicher, who disappeared on January 17, 1991 when his F-18 went down in Al Anbar province.
An American team dug up the remains, which consisted of numerous skeletal fragments.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology made a positive identification based on teeth in the jawbone which positively matched Speicher’s dental records, both visually and spectrographically.
DNA testing is not complete, but the identification is considered positive, reports Martin.
R.I.P. We never forgot. We’ll never forget.
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RIP Captain Scott Speicher
GSP
RIP, Captain Michael “Scott” Speicher.
Prayers for your family.
Welcome home, Sir.
Our prayers and condolences to the Speicher family and friends, rest in peace Sir!
Now this is something the MSM should be covering for days but sadly the story will be gone by tomorrow…
Thanks for posting this Michelle.
Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord,
And let perpetual Light shine upon him.
May his soul
And the souls of all the faithful departed
Through the mercy of God
Rest in peace.
Amen.
Rest in Peace Capt Speicher.
Eternal Father
Capt. Speicher was a 1979 graduate of Nathan Bedford Forrest HS in Jacksonville, Fl. We share the same Alma Mater.
From one Rebel to another, RIP brother.
No-one left behind. One more mission…go home and peace. Prayers for the family.
A hero found, at last.
Thank you sir. Welcome home.
Finally.
…a Brother comes home.
I hope the family will have some closure. I had some close friends in high school who had lost their dad as a pilot in Vietnam early on in the war. He was an MIA/KIA. I knew this family from late elementary on into high school. Have lost touch with them now.
By the time they had gotten into high school they had already put the whole thing to bed and had resolved their grief. The son and daughter were not even the least bit interested in all the effort and attention being paid to finding missing airmen in Cambodia and Vietnam. They had already moved on quite healthfully.
While my initial reaction is being glad that our men are found and brought home, it may not always be the case that families view it favorably. It might just open old wounds long since healed.
I hope this is a good thing for his family and it puts things to rest healthfully.
“No-one left behind.”
I made it very clear with the men I served with that I wanted none of them to lose their lives in trying to bring my dead body home.
Yes I understand the sentiment. Love “We Were Soldiers…” and the romance of the notion of leaving no one behind. However IF I was dead and ONE person lost their lives unnecessarily and no longer could love their families, their families love them, have those kids and grandkids, that is simply too high a price to pay for dragging my dead and decaying corpse out of enemies hands to fill some romantic notion.
Me and my body are not the same. When I am dead, I am not there any more. Leave me alone and do not lose your life doing anything to save my corpse.
Probably way unpopular.
*Finally, closure for the family; Rest in peace Capt. Speicher, and thank you for your service.
May God comfort his family and friends and may He bless the soul of Captain Speicher.
We all rather he was among the living on this day, but at least now his mortal remains can be laid to rest:
In Flanders Fields
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD
Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Reports are that he died during the crash. His body was found by Bedouin tribesmen and buried near the crash site. Welcome home Scott. You now rest on the American soil you so bravely defended. May the good Lord surround your family like a warm blanket and bring them peace and healing. God Bless.
RIP Captain Speicher, you are an American Hero.
Bless his family, let there be some comfort in knowing the Capitan gave it his all for his country, a true patriot. Bless you sir.
I am glad the family has their son/husband/father back.
As long as he was missing, there was a chance he would still through some miracle be alive. The search for him from the night he was shot down until the confirmation of his remains speaks volumes about our country.
Let’s also not forget the people who found his body and gave his remains a decent burial, as well as the man who came forward with the information. Good and decent people.
They would have come anyway, God bless them.
Illogical to do so for all of the valid reasons you stated, but they come anyway. They are Americans.
I remember a quote having to do with the days before it was possible to bring all of America’s fallen home to a final rest on US soil.
It went something like: “The only land Americans have asked for on foreign soil is a place to bury her fallen heroes”.
(e.g Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial)
Or words very close to that effect.
I am glad that the family of this brave soul will finally be able to rest knowing that America has finally brought him home to rest eternally.
purplepeep,
It was Colin Powell. Here is the true story behind the quote.
Welcome home, Sir.
I am saddened by this news, and at the same moment gladdened in the fact that his family will finally have that mournful peace that this closure brings.
Thank you, CAPT Speicher.
Ah, yes, that was it, Fly-man. I don’t have much use for Colin Powell these days but he sure set ‘em right with that one.
Ditto. He has been very disapointing.
May his family have peace of mind that this hero served this nation with honor and performed his duties in the same manner.
May God embrace him for loving his country so much that he gave his life for it.
Yes, we will never forget.
Welcome home, Capt. Speicher. May God bestow His blessings and grace upon you and your family.
Rest In Peace
I worked with Capt Speicher’s Uncle. That family has suffered for many years wanting to bring this young hero back home to America. I am so glad they have some peace in knowing that he is finally coming home but his spirit has long gone on to God. This is a true family of patriots!