Black Hawk Down (based on a true story)

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Published on December 26, 2022 5:34:55 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L74fiuCjstE

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Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (2003)

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The Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and citizens of south Mogadishu. The battle was part of the broader Somali Civil War that had begun in 1991. The United Nations had initially become involved to provide food aid to alleviate starvation in the south of the country, but in the months preceding the battle, had shifted the mission to establishing democracy and restoring a central government.

On October 3, 1993, US forces planned to seize two of Aidid's high-ranking lieutenants during a meeting deep in the city. The raid was only intended to last an hour, but morphed into an overnight standoff and rescue operation extending into the daylight hours of the next day. While the goal of the operation was achieved, it was a pyrrhic victory and spiraled into the deadly Battle of Mogadishu.[12] As the operation was ongoing, Somali forces shot down three American Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters using RPG-7s, with two crashing deep in hostile territory. A desperate defense of the two downed helicopters began and fighting lasted through the night to defend the survivors of the crashes. In the morning, a UNOSOM II armored convoy fought their way to the besieged soldiers and withdrew, incurring further casualties but eventually rescuing the survivors.

Killed in action:
1. MSG Gary Ivan Gordon - 33 years old - Killed defending Super Six-Four's crew.

2. SFC Randy Shughart - 35 years old - Killed defending Super Six-Four's crew.

3. SSG Daniel Darrell Busch - 25 years old - Sniper on crashed UH-60 Helicopter Super Six-One, mortally wounded defending the downed crew.

4. SFC Earl Robert Fillmore, Jr. - 28 - years old - Killed moving to the first crash site.

5. MSG Timothy Lynn Martin - 38 years old - Mortally wounded by an RPG on the Lost Convoy, died while en route to a field hospital in Germany.

6. SFC Matthew Loren Rierson - 33 years old - Killed by stray mortar shell that landed near him 6 October, two days after the initial raid.

7. CPL James "Jamie" E. Smith - 21 years old - Killed around crash site one.

8. SPC James M. Cavaco - 26 years old - Killed on the Lost Convoy

9. SGT James Casey Joyce - 24 years old - Killed on the Lost Convoy.

10. CPL Richard "Alphabet" W. Kowalewski, Jr. - 20 years old - Killed on the Lost Convoy by an RPG.

11. SGT Dominick M. Pilla - 21 years old - Killed on Struecker's convoy.

12. SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz - 27 years old - Mortally wounded on the Lost Convoy, died en route to a field hospital in Germany.

13. SSG William "Wild Bill" David Cleveland, Jr. - 34 years old - Crew chief on Super Six-Four.

14. SSG Thomas "Tommie" J. Field - 25 years old - Crew chief on Super Six-Four.

15. CW4 Raymond "Ironman" Alex Frank - 45 years old - Super Six-Four's copilot.

16. CW3 Clifton "Elvis" P. Wolcott - 36 years old - Super Six-One's pilot, died in crash.

17. CW3 Donovan "Bull" Lee Briley - 33 years old - Super Six-One's copilot, died in crash.

18. SGT Cornell Lemont Houston, Sr. - 31 years old - Wounded by shrapnel from an RPG whilst recovering a severely wounded Malaysian soldier on the rescue convoy. Also shot in the leg and chest. Died of wounds at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center.

19. PFC James Henry Martin, Jr. - 23 years old - killed on the rescue convoy by a bullet to the head.

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