Bodies of 3 US soldiers are found - US military releases video of search for soldiers in Lithuania

The U.S. Department of Defense has released a video filmed on Sunday of the search for four US soldiers in Lithuania. According to Assosicted Press on Monday, the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command said three of the U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have been found dead in their armored vehicle that was pulled from a swampy area on early Monday. Another soldier is still missing. The bodies of the three soldiers were recovered after a massive six-day effort by U.S., Polish and Lithuanian armed forces and authorities to dig the M88 Hercules vehicle out of a peat bog at the expansive General Silvestras Žukauskas training ground in the town of Pabradė. The soldiers were on a tactical training exercise when they and their vehicle were reported missing on early Tuesday, the Army said. Hundreds of Lithuanian and U.S. soldiers and rescuers took part in the search through the thick forests and swampy terrain around Pabradė, just 10 kilometers west of the border with Belarus. The armored vehicle was discovered on Wednesday submerged in 4.5 meters of water. Lithuanian armed forces provided military helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, unmanned aerial systems and search and rescue personnel. They brought in additional excavators, sluice and slurry pumps, other heavy construction equipment, technical experts and several hundred tons of gravel and earth to help the recovery. U.S. Navy divers were able to maneuver through thick layers of mud, clay and sediment to reach the 63-ton vehicle Sunday evening and find two points to attach steel cables, according to the command. Lieutenant Junior Grade Eric Costello, who was part of the underwater Construction team, said conditions were exacerbated by the ‘zero vis