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The terrifying reality of Black Hawk Down
- The 18-hour Battle of Mogadishu in 1993 led to the deaths of 18 US soldiers
- A new book seeks to describe the battle from ordinary soldiers' perspectives
- It includes a photograph taken from one of the Black Hawks during the battle
- It had started as a routine mission to seize the deputies of a Somali warlord
- Two of the Special Forces' Black Hawk helicopters were immediately shot down
- The dramatic operation was later turned into a blockbuster Hollywood movie
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-25 |
