Throwback
Chief Big Taw
25 years ago today 18 US servicemen lost their lives in the "Battle of Mogidishu" better known as "Black Hawk Down" because of the movie made about the battle.
78 more were wounded. An additional soldier was killed 2 days later.
This is a list of those killed during the battle. Say their names. You owe them that much
MSG Gary Ivan Gordon
SFC Randy Shughart
SSG Daniel D. Busch
SFC Earl Robert Fillmore, Jr.
MSG Timothy "Griz" Lynn Martin
CPL James "Jamie" E. Smith
SPC James M. Cavaco
SGT James Casey Joyce
CPL Richard "Alphabet" W. Kowalewski, Jr.
SGT Dominick M. Pilla
SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz
SSG William "Wild Bill" David Cleveland, Jr.
SSG Thomas "Tommie" J. Field
CW4 Raymond "Ironman" Alex Frank
CW3 Clifton "Elvis" P. Wolcott
CW3 Donovan "Bull" Lee Briley
SGT Cornell Lemont Houston, Sr.
PFC James Henry Martin, Jr.
78 more were wounded. An additional soldier was killed 2 days later.
This is a list of those killed during the battle. Say their names. You owe them that much
MSG Gary Ivan Gordon
SFC Randy Shughart
SSG Daniel D. Busch
SFC Earl Robert Fillmore, Jr.
MSG Timothy "Griz" Lynn Martin
CPL James "Jamie" E. Smith
SPC James M. Cavaco
SGT James Casey Joyce
CPL Richard "Alphabet" W. Kowalewski, Jr.
SGT Dominick M. Pilla
SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz
SSG William "Wild Bill" David Cleveland, Jr.
SSG Thomas "Tommie" J. Field
CW4 Raymond "Ironman" Alex Frank
CW3 Clifton "Elvis" P. Wolcott
CW3 Donovan "Bull" Lee Briley
SGT Cornell Lemont Houston, Sr.
PFC James Henry Martin, Jr.