Fourth US soldier missing in Lithuania swamp found dead, President Nausėda says
The announcement comes after the bodies of three of the four US Army service personnel were found on Monday after their armoured Hercules vehicle was recovered from a peat bog.
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The announcement comes after the bodies of three of the four US Army service personnel were found on Monday after their armoured Hercules vehicle was recovered from a peat bog.
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00:00The fourth U.S. soldier who went missing in Lithuania last Tuesday has been confirmed
00:04dead, country's president Gitanas Nausėda announced.
00:07It follows the recovery of three bodies on Monday after their armored vehicle, an M-88
00:12Hercules, was pulled from a swampy area at the General Silvestras Zakauskas training
00:17ground near Pabrade.
00:19The soldiers had gone missing during a tactical training exercise early last Tuesday.
00:24Hundreds of Lithuanian and U.S. personnel conducted a massive six-day search through
00:28dense forests and challenging terrain before locating the submerged vehicle in 4.5 meters
00:34of water.
00:35U.S. Navy divers faced extreme conditions navigating thick layers of mud, clay and sediment
00:41with zero visibility to attach steel cables to the 63-ton Hercules.
00:47Additional heavy dozers were brought in to help pull the vehicle free after it began
00:51losing traction during recovery efforts.
00:54Lithuanian forces provided helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, drones and hundreds of tons of gravel
01:00and earth to support the operation.
01:03Both the U.S. Army and Lithuanian authorities are investigating how the vehicle ended up
01:07sinking into the swamp.