Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/two-missing-u-s-troops-found-dead-in-iraq Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript The bodies of two American soldiers who disappeared Friday after an insurgent attack on a checkpoint were discovered late Monday and showed signs of having been tortured, according to the Iraqi military. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. MARGARET WARNER: John Burns, welcome. How and where were the bodies of these two missing U.S. soldiers found? JOHN BURNS, Baghdad Bureau Chief, New York Times: Well, first of all, Margaret, I want to emphasize that the U.S. military command here is being very cautious.They're referring to two sets of remains that were found, but they're also saying that they believe them to be the missing soldiers, Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston and Private First Class Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon.What the American military commanders told us tonight is that a search that had been under way, as you know, since Friday evening at 7:55 p.m. local when these two soldiers disappeared.