At the beginning of the Gulf war, Navy pilot Michael “Scott” Speicher was shot down in Iraq. Though he was believed to have been killed, his body was never found. The Pentagon has searched for his remains to no avail. He has been listed as “Killed in action” “missing” and “missing/captured” Finally, after a tip from a local Iraqi, his body was found.

The body was apparently discovered in the desert by a band of traveling Bedouins and buried in the sand near the site of his crash. We are all glad that he will finally be coming home.