Red Dog
03-19-03, 06:09 PM
I would like to say a quick prayer of hope for Capt. Scott Speicher and his family/friends.
Speicher's F/A-18 aircraft was shot down by enemy fire in the first day of the air war over Iraq on Jan. 17, 1991. He was placed in an MIA status the next day. On May 22, 1991, following a Secretary of the Navy status review board that found "no credible evidence" to suggest he had survived the shootdown, his status was changed to KIA/BNR.
There is a tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery bearing his name and the date of his death.
Florida State University, his alma mater, named a building to honor his memory eight years ago.
And his wife in Jacksonville, advised of his death, remarried a decade ago and started a second family.
But relatives of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher and the author of a new book about him say there is mounting evidence that the Persian Gulf War pilot is alive and being held captive as a "trophy prisoner" by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
my heart and prayers go out to Scott and his family/friends.
http://www.freescottspeicher.com/news.php
Speicher's F/A-18 aircraft was shot down by enemy fire in the first day of the air war over Iraq on Jan. 17, 1991. He was placed in an MIA status the next day. On May 22, 1991, following a Secretary of the Navy status review board that found "no credible evidence" to suggest he had survived the shootdown, his status was changed to KIA/BNR.
There is a tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery bearing his name and the date of his death.
Florida State University, his alma mater, named a building to honor his memory eight years ago.
And his wife in Jacksonville, advised of his death, remarried a decade ago and started a second family.
But relatives of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher and the author of a new book about him say there is mounting evidence that the Persian Gulf War pilot is alive and being held captive as a "trophy prisoner" by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
my heart and prayers go out to Scott and his family/friends.
http://www.freescottspeicher.com/news.php