On the first night of Operation Desert Storm, American military forces launched a ferocious air attack that overwhelmed Iraq's defenses. It was the start of one of the most brilliant and decisive military campaigns in modern history, one that promised to cement a long era of American leadership.
Yet on that same night, Michael Scott Speicher, an American fighter pilot, was shot down by the Iraqis before vanishing for almost 20 years. On Sunday, the military announced that Speicher's remains had finally been found in western Anbar Province thanks to a tip from an Iraqi who was present at the crash site.
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