March 12, 2002
Here's the latest news on Michael Scott Speicher. Please take time to
write a letter or email your Senators and Representatives. If there
is no public outcry, there will be no Government action... and we will
all just be left to wonder, and wait on the next Intelligence leak on
Speicher.
Type Michael Speicher in your browser if you want to learn more. This
is the same guy that many people have been asking about since 1991.
Our Government has Intel going back to Gulf War suggesting Speicher
was POW... but a hasty assumption in the after mission report by his
wingman, and the possibility of a faulty AN/PRC survival radio, were
probably the reasons that no SAR was conducted at the time (loss was
17 JAN 1991 - the first night of the war). But when the "meat"
that Saddam sent to our Government - that was supposed to be the "flesh
of Michael" - didn't match DNA, why wasn't some sort of investigation
made then?
Speicher's FA-18 was found out in the desert with no canopy or ejection
seat (circa 1993). We sent a team to inspect it in 1995, but only after
allowing the Iraqis to access the crash site first. Pres Clinton finally
reclassified Speicher from KIA-BNR to MIA last January, but has our
Government done anything? Here's some old articles:
Click here:
Pilot's widow files suit 01/09/99
be sure to read this one :
Click here:
CBS News 60 Minutes II Report: LCDR Michael Scott Speicher
Too bad we didn't have more commanders like Hal Moore ( in 1st Air Cavalry
Division, he commanded 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Central Highlands
in 1965, and 3rd Brigade in II Corps/Bong Son in 1966). Read what he
said to his troops back in '65 before the Ia Drang battles:
"We are moving into the Valley of the Shadow of Death where you
will watch the back of the man next to you, as he will watch yours,
and you won't care what color he is, or by what name he calls God. We
are going into battle against a tough and determined enemy. I can't
promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear...
when we go into battle, I will be the first to step on the field and
I will be the last to step off. And I will leave no one behind... dead
or alive. We will all come home together." - LTC Hal Moore - 13Nov65
During Moore's '65 - '66 tour in Vietnam he had no MIAs or BNRs... he
kept his word. We needed more men (and especially leaders) like Hal
Moore then, and we need more like him now !! And we need to demand answers
on Michael Scott Speicher. Please get in touch with your politicians.
Click here:
Congressional Email Directory
Special thanks to each of you for your concern for our Veterans and
their families !!! Please forward this to anyone, like yourself, that
has a heart for Veterans.
