Frantic Effort Underway in Lithuania to Retrieve Vehicle Carrying 4 American Soldiers
The president of Lithuania on Friday visited swampland near his country’s border with Belarus, saying he was “hoping for a miracle” as rescue crews worked frantically to extract a heavy United States Army vehicle carrying four American soldiers that disappeared in the waterlogged forest.
The American vehicle, an M88 Hercules, went missing during a military training exercise and was found on Wednesday submerged in a muddy bog. The soldiers have not been found, and efforts to reach the vehicle have been hampered by deep mud and water from a nearby lake.
The submerged M88 Hercules, essentially a giant armored tow truck, disappeared on Tuesday after being sent to extract another Army vehicle that had become disabled during the training exercise, according to the military.
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