Search and Recovery Operations Ongoing for Missing U.S. Soldiers in Lithuania
Recovery efforts in Lithuania have intensified as a submerged U.S. Army vehicle, carrying four missing soldiers from Fort Stewart, was successfully retrieved from a swamp. Despite the recovery of the vehicle, the fate of the soldiers remains uncertain, with the search evolving into a recovery mission. A specialized U.S. Navy dive team, along with Polish forces, has joined local efforts to investigate the situation. Initial reports suggested the soldiers might have died during a training exercise near the Belarus border, but NATO has since retracted earlier statements about their deaths, emphasizing that the search is ongoing. Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and the cause of death as the mystery deepens.
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