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Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart were the only soldiers participating in Operation Gothic Serpent (Battle of Mogadishu) to receive the military’s highest honor and the first Medal of Honor recipients since the Vietnam War. Gary I. Gordon and Randall D. Shughart were true warriors and the finest American heroes. They become legends.
Shughart, Gary Gordon, and Sergeant First Class Brad Halling had been providing sniper cover from the air from Black Hawk Super Six-Two. Gordon wanted to be inserted to secure the crash site as hostile Somalis were converging on the area.
- 1976–1993
- United States Army
Together with his comrade, Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart, Gordon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. Early life and career. Gary Gordon was born August 30, 1960, in Lincoln, Maine, and graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1978.
- 1978–1993
- United States Army
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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...
Sep 14, 2023 · But Master Sgt. Gary Gordon and Sgt. 1st Class Randy Shughart volunteered to jump into the fray in an attempt to save their comrade. “The volume of gunfire was unbelievable,” Durant recalled as his rescuers attempted to hold back the enemy in an epic last stand.
May 15, 1994 · Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart had crept up along the side of the helicopter and poked their heads into the cockpit. The two sergeants were part of a sniper team aboard another Blackhawk,...
Oct 15, 2021 · Two are Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart. While their heroic actions during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia resulted in their deaths, they efforts allowed for the rescue of a fellow soldier.
