Missing U.S. soldiers' vehicle submerged more than 16 feet in peat bog as search continues

Rescuers in Lithuania were digging in a peat bog Thursday as they tried to recover the submerged vehicle of four missing U.S. Army soldiers.

Rescuers in Lithuania were digging in a peat bog Thursday as they tried to recover the submerged vehicle of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during a training exercise earlier this week.

The M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle was found more than 16 feet below ground Wednesday, a day after the soldiers went missing while training with Lithuanian armed forces and law enforcement.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas expressed support for the rescue operation Thursday after visiting the training ground near the town of Pabradė, about 30 miles south of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, and 6 miles from the border with Belarus.

“Our thoughts & prayers are with their families and brothers in arms,” he said in a post on X.

He was joined at the scene by Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė, who said she was “deeply saddened” by the soldiers’ disappearance.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lithuania-4-missing-us-soldiers-dig-submerged-vehicle-rcna198197

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