NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 |
April 13, 2003
Release Number: 03-04-120
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPDATE: AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS FOUND
CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - Earlier today members of the First Marine Expeditionary Force returned seven American service members to the coalition.
They were found in the vicinity of Samarra, Iraq.
Their identities are being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin.
They were flown by helicopters to an airfield near An Numaniyah, south of Baghdad. They are being transferred by C-130 to Kuwait City International Airport and will receive medical evaluation at a theater medical treatment facility. Their conditions are unknown at this time.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
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