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The widow of Capt.Michael Scott Speicher, Joanne Speicher Harris, places flowers on Speicher's coffin on Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 13, 2009. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq, on Jan. 17, 1991, the first day of Desert Storm's offensive operations.

The widow of Capt.Michael Scott Speicher, Joanne Speicher Harris, places flowers on Speicher's coffin on Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 13, 2009. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq, on Jan. 17, 1991, the first day of Desert Storm's offensive operations.

The widow of Capt.Michael Scott Speicher, Joanne Speicher Harris, places flowers on Speicher's coffin on Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 13, 2009. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down over Anbar province, Iraq, on Jan. 17, 1991, the first day of Desert Storm's offensive operations.

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