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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The remains of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher returned to his Florida home Thursday, 18 years after his FA-18 Hornet was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War.
Speicher’s remains arrived at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station about 3 p.m. His widow and his children placed roses on his flag- draped casket before it was loaded into a hearse. Sailors stood at attention and lined the runway as the hearse passed.
The remains were found late last month by a group of Marines who were led to the site by Iraqi Bedouins.
