Togetherwith Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart, he earned the Medal of Honor for actions he performed during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. Gary Gordon was born in Lincoln, Maine in 1960. Immediately after the battle Somali's counted 25 of their own men dead with many more severely wounded which may have died later of their wounds.[1]
Membersof Task Force Ranger, who fought in Somalia during the Battle of Mogadishu, pose for a photo in Somalia in 1993. Among the task force was retired Sgt. 1st Class Richard "Doc" Strous, who was recently awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Mogadishu and went on to serve 25 years and deploy three more times with the National Guard.
Inthe U.S. political arena, the conflict in Somalia may have created greater reluctance to commit troops to such missions. In 1997, Mark Bowden, a reporter for the Philadelphia Enquirer, published an extensively researched, month-long series of stories on the battle at Mogadishu titled "Black Hawk Down."
Afterforces believed to be loyal to Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid attacked Pakistani peacekeepers on June 5, killing 24, Jonathan Howe, a retired United States admiral who is the United Nations envoy

IlhanOmar claimed in 2017 that American soldiers killed 'thousands of Somalis' in 1993 'Black Hawk Down' battle - but even the warlord targeted by the U.S. put the death toll at 315

Somaliinsurgents dragged soldiers' bodies through the streets of Mogadishu before burning them on Wednesday in heavy fighting that killed at least 16 people and injured scores more, witnesses said.
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