Pobradish, Lithuania – Lithuanian president said on Friday that he was hoping for a “miracle” by visiting a rescue operation to recover Four missing US Army soldiers of their shipped vehicle. Four soldiers appointed 1st Army Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, were missing early on Tuesday during a maintenance mission to return another US Army vehicle in a Pabrada training zone, not far from Belarus, there was no army during the planned training.
Friday Friday were at the scene, using heavy military equipment and excavators to remove the silt from the water where the vehicle was found on Wednesday.
“I still hope for a miracle,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausid said in Pabrada. “Although many skeptics will probably say that in these circumstances there is nothing to hope, I want to believe.”
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In a statement on Friday, the US Army said that a 70-ton 70-ton m88 Hercules armored Recovery car that worked as a missing US soldiers “was found approximately 15 feet under the body of water and dirt in the destroyed area” connected to the nearest lake.
“The area around the site is incredibly wet and marsh and does not support the weight of the equipment,” the statement said on Friday in the public and Africa. “The plum of the territory was slow and heavy from the sampling of groundwater,” the statement reads.
“It will be a long and complex restoration operation, but we absolutely strive to bring our soldiers home,” said Kurtis Taylor, General -Camandore 1 Armored Division.
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The main purpose on Friday was to remove dirt from the shipped vehicle and identify possible pre -production points, said the chief general of the Armed Forces Raimundas Waixnoras.
“We work and continue to work until we can give clear and honest answers to those who need to know the most – family members,” Voksnoras said on Facebook on Friday.
Lithuania, NATO and EU member, conducts more than 1000 US troops located on a rotational basis.
The US Army command said in its statement that “a large pump for suspension, cranes, more than 30 tons of gravel and experts on the US engineering army – these are just some assets that came to the site to help access M88.
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The Polish armed forces also filed participation in the military engineers unit moving to the place. “
“We very much appreciate the visit of the Lithuanian President today and the exceptional support we continue to receive from the Lithuanian army,” said Taylor from the 1st Armored Division. “It will be a long and complex restoration operation, but we absolutely strive to return our soldiers home. I remain an incredibly impressed discipline, commitment and society in this unit when they try to return their disappeared comrades.”