So not only are we dealing with the terrain, a lot of mud that is over top of the vehicle, but also the fact that it's 70 tons that we're trying to recover out of a swamp or bog," Brig.

In the cold mud of Lithuania, that principle became real. Through this loss, we glimpse one of America’s most important strategic resources in Europe: friends who will dive into a swamp beside ...

The body of the fourth and final missing U.S. soldier was recovered on Tuesday, the Army said, after the armored vehicle the soldiers were operating became submerged in a dense swamp in Lithuania.

dig out the mud and pull the ARV out of the swamp. On Saturday evening, rescuers attempted to dive toward the sunken vehicle, but a dense layer of mud prevented them from reaching the Hercules.

Body of 4th and final missing U.S. Army soldier is recovered from swamp in Lithuania The body of ... buried under a thick layer of mud and water. Recovery efforts were complicated by the muddy ...

US army soldiers along with Lithuanian army and emergency services personnel discuss their plan to recover a US Army M88 Hercules submerged under several metres of water in a swamp near a training ...

The US military on Monday confirmed that three of its soldiers were found dead in their armoured vehicle after it was pulled out of a swamp near the ... clay-like mud and silt.

Three American soldiers were declared deceased on Monday after crews in Lithuania retrieved the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle they were traveling in, which sank in a swamp last week.

Three of the four U.S. soldiers who were reported missing at a Lithuanian training site last week were found deceased, Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll said Monday. The Army did not ...