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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.
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...
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Awards. Medal of Honor. Purple Heart. Randall David Shughart (August 13, 1958 – October 3, 1993) was a United States Army Delta Force operator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu, during Operation Gothic Serpent in October 1993.
Jul 1, 2019 · Gordon and his comrade, Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart, made the most difficult decision service members could ever make — to give their lives for their brothers in arms. This Medal of...
Gordon and his Delta Force sniper teammates Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Sergeant First Class Brad Halling, who were providing sniper cover from the air, wanted to be dropped at the second crash site in order to protect the four critically wounded crew, despite the fact that large numbers of armed, hostile Somalis were converging on ...
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Oct 15, 2021 · Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart were deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia, to serve as snipers in Operation Gothic Serpent (known as Task Force Ranger among the American forces), a joint-force assault mission tasked with apprehending the key advisers to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The leader of the rebel Somali National Alliance, he and his ...
Aug 25, 2022 · Military.com | By James Barber. Published August 25, 2022. MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart were Delta Force operators who gave their lives during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia...
