Gary Gordon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Battle of Mogadishu, which was portrayed in Black Hawk Down.
Army Veteran Michael Durant, a Veteran of the Gulf War, was shot down and taken prisoner during the Battle of Mogadishu in southern Somalia in 1993.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Jeffrey Bray, who served during the Battle of Mogadishu Oct. 3, 1993, and received a Silver Star.
Army Veteran Jeff Struecker was an Army Ranger in the Battle of Mogadishu who led a convoy to get injured soldiers back to base.
On the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, a battle memorialized by the movie Black Hawk Down; this is the story of Army Pfc. Todd Blackburn.
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