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May 15, 1994 · Later this month two Delta sergeants, Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart, are to be posthumously awarded the congressional Medal of Honor. This is the story of Gordon's life and sudden...
- Douglas Waller
- Act of Valor
- Black Hawk Down
- Critical Request
- On The Ground
- Final Moments
- Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon
- Sergeant First Class Randall David Shughart
Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall David Shughart, both members of the 1st SFOD-D, were part of the Task Force engaged in Operation Gothic Serpent (later known as Battle of Mogadishu) during the U.S. intervention in Somalia on October 3, 1993. They were tasked to provide sniper support from the air during the battle, ...
At the time, MSG Gordon was Sniper Team Leader during a joint-force assault mission to apprehend key advisers to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and the warlord himself if possible. The first phase of the assault went well, but shortly after an initial step, one of the Army’s Black Hawk helicopters providing insertion and air support to the ass...
The MSG Gary Gordon and his Delta Force sniper teammatesSFC Randall Shughart andSFC Brad Hallings, who were providing sniper cover from the air, wanted to be dropped at the second crash site to protect the four critically wounded crew. However, large numbers of armed, hostile Somalis were converging on the area. Mission commanders denied their requ...
Once on the ground, they were armed with only their weapons and sidearms. Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon fought their way to the downed Blackhawk. By this time, more Somali militiamen were arriving intent on either capturing or killing the American servicemen. When they reached the downed Super 64, Gordon and Shughart extracted the pilot,Chief Warr...
Despite having inflicted heavy casualties against the Somalis, the two Delta snipers were too outnumbered and outgunned. Their ammunition nearly depleted, Gordon and Shughart were killed by Somali militias gunfire. Later investigation and reconstruction concluded that Gordon was the first to be killed. His teammate Randy Shughart retrieved Gordon’s...
Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon was born on August 30, 1960, and died on October 3, 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia. He is a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. At his death, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army’s premier special operations unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), also known a...
Sergeant First Class Randall David Shughartwas born on August 13, 1958, and died on October 3, 1993. He was a soldier in the United States Army special operations unit, the 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force). Randall D. Shughart posthumously received the Medal of Honor and Gary I. Gordon for their heroic actions during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993...
Especially the bodies of Shughart and Gordon. I tried looking it up and all it said was that the bodies were dragged through the streets and I couldn't find anything about how the US eventually got the bodies back. Did we just find them one day? Were they given back along with the surviving pilot? Thanks. Archived post.
Popeye Field watched the news that day both fearful and transfixed as a U.S. soldier was dragged like a dead dog through the dust of Mogadishu by jubilant Somalis. ... Sgt. Gary Gordon, 33, whose ...
Dec 20, 1993 · Was he Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart, a 35-year-old from Newville, Pa., who so loved the military that he made his wife, Stephanie, promise never to ask him to quit? Or was he Master Sgt....
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Jul 1, 2019 · This Medal of Honor Monday, we honor Gordon's life and sacrifice during a 1993 humanitarian crisis in Somalia. Gary Gordon was born Aug. 30, 1960, and grew up in Lincoln, Maine. At the age of 18 ...
Sep 14, 2023 · Bodies of the U.N. soldiers were also dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Although most Americans recall the Battle of Mogadishu as a complete fiasco, the Special Forces did actually succeed in their mission of capturing the two Aidid lieutenants.
