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08-02-2009, 09:14 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found Quote:
Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found - Yahoo! News
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08-02-2009, 09:23 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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08-02-2009, 09:35 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| I have 2 names on my POW flag mast. Speicher's was one of them. 
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08-02-2009, 09:39 AM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Welcome home Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher! It is about damn time! Never fogotten! The camp that I was based out of in Iraq was actually named after him. Camp Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq. Camp Speicher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Except that it was not nearly as nice when we got there as they make it out to be. We did not have a large PX, food court, or anything like that. The runways were still bombed out, the hangers were bombed out and we were sleeping in tents for a few months before the "units" got there.
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08-02-2009, 10:21 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2008
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   | beat me to it, Evan welcome home, Captain
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08-02-2009, 10:30 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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08-02-2009, 10:30 AM
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08-02-2009, 10:37 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
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| Home at last. RIP Captain. TO
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08-02-2009, 11:46 AM
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08-02-2009, 12:25 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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08-02-2009, 12:44 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Finally there is closure for his family. RIP!
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08-02-2009, 01:06 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas
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| I remember very clearly when Capt. Speicher went missing and have wondered if he was ever captured or was KIA. I am glad that he has finally come home. Rest in peace. |
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08-02-2009, 01:09 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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08-02-2009, 02:23 PM
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| “Archive”  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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08-02-2009, 02:34 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| I'm glad he has been found at last, may he now rest in peace.
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