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A family member places roses on the casket carrying the remains of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher after arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville
13 Aug 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A family member places roses on the casket carrying the remains of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher after arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida August 13, 2009. The remains of Speicher have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Defense Department said on August 2, 2009. REUTERS/Daron Dean (UNITED STATES POLITICS CONFLICT)
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