Rescuers recover bodies of three missing U.S. soldiers in Lithuania
Three of the four U.S. soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week were found dead Monday, with the search for the fourth solider ongoing, the U.S. Army said Monday.
The big picture: Search and rescue operations for the four soldiers began last Tuesday after they went missing during a training mission near the city of Pabradė, near the Lithuania-Belarus border.
Their armored vehicle was found the following day submerged in a peat bog near the city.
The identities of the four soldiers — who hail from the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Georgia — were not released pending the notification of their next of kin, the the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Public Affairs Office said in a press release Monday.
What they're saying: "The Soldiers we have lost in this tragedy were not just Soldiers — they were a part of our family. Our hearts are heavy with a sorrow that echoes across the whole Marne Division," Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, 3rd Inf. Div. commanding general, said in a statement.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė expressed her condolences to the soldiers' families in a post on X.
"These young people will always live on in Lithuania's heart. No words can adequately express our gratitude for their selfless sacrifice in choosing the profession of a soldier," she wrote.
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