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A mourner pays final respects to U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14, 2009. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Anbar province of Iraq Jan. 17, 1991, on the first day of offensive operations during Operation Desert Storm.

HONORING SPEICHER

A mourner pays final respects to U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14, 2009. Speicher was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Anbar province of Iraq Jan. 17, 1991, on the first day of offensive operations during Operation Desert Storm.

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