Four U.S. soldiers, including three seasoned and professional non-commissioned officers, tragically lost their lives when their M88 Hercules recovery vehicle was swallowed by a hidden sinkhole during ...

Battlefield recovery and maintenance So what is the M88 that sank? The M88 recovery vehicle has been a vital asset to the US military since the Vietnam War. The recovery vehicle's primary role is ...

The bodies of four US Army soldiers were recovered from a peat bog in a training area in Lithuania. They went missing during a training exercise while operating an M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle.

"Not only are we dealing with the terrain, a lot of mud that is over top of the vehicle, but also the fact that it's 70 tons that we're trying to recover out of a swamp or bog," Brig. Gen. John Lloyd, ...

The extensive recovery ... their armored vehicle from a peat bog, the US Army announced. The fourth soldier remains unaccounted for. Three U.S. Soldiers Found Dead Along With M88 Hercules Near ...

Mourners gathered at the US Embassy in Lithuania on April 1 to honor four American soldiers who died after their M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle became submerged in a peat bog during a ...

(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) U.S. Army military vehicles including two M88 Recovery vehicles roll to attend recovery efforts continue for a missed U.S. Army soldier, as three other found dead on Monday ...