Curated action · Since 1975

Battle of Mogadishu

U.S. Army photograph, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Photograph source.

ConflictSomalia

WhenOctober 3–4, 1993

WhereMogadishu, Somalia

Recipients2

On October 3, 1993, during a raid in Mogadishu, two U.S. Army helicopters were shot down. Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart received the Medal of Honor, both posthumously, for defending the crew of the second crashed aircraft.

Who stood there

Gary I. Gordon

Gave his life

Master Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Randall D. Shughart

Gave his life

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

Articles, footage, books, films

article Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
Wikipedia. Collaborative article. Text is CC BY-SA. This archive links to it and does not copy it.
article Somalia citation index
U.S. Army. Public-domain citation text for the two recipients.
book Black Hawk Down
Open Library. Book by Mark Bowden, 1999.
film Black Hawk Down (2001)
IMDb. Feature film based on Bowden's book.