Thom Shanker

Pentagon Correspondent, New York Times

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Pentagon correspondent for the New York Times

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Scott Speicher was the first casualty of Operation Desert Storm, his F/A-18 shot down on the first day of the Persian Gulf War.

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Scott Speicher was the first casualty of Operation Desert Storm, his F/A-18 shot down on the first day of the Persian Gulf War.

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