The True Story of Black Hawk Down

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I saw the movie and thought I watched a similar program awhile back but this one "looks" like they are showing more information and actual video. This whole event still captivates me.

 

Does anyone know if this is actual footage? Some of it has been brutal. Chilling stuff.

 

GB those who serve and protect.

[ZeroTolerance 584]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

 

Timing is everything.

[Old Sarge 0]

I saw the movie and thought I watched a similar program awhile back but this one "looks" like they are showing more information and actual video. This whole event still captivates me.

 

Does anyone know if this is actual footage? Some of it has been brutal. Chilling stuff.

 

GB those who serve and protect.

 

If it's the same documentary, (Books author, CW3 Mike Durant and a few Rangers give their accounts) this is the real deal.

[GuidingLight 3]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

 

Timing is everything.

 

Fock..... I didn't want to read that.......

[GuidingLight 3]

If it's the same documentary, (Books author, CW3 Mike Durant and a few Rangers give their accounts) this is the real deal.

 

This is the one you mentioned. Listening to CW3 Durant recount his experience....wow.

[Foamfinger 0]

Master Sergeant Gary Gordon & Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart joined Durant at his crash site. Studs of the highest order - both were awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.

 

From Gordon's citation:

When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. After his third request to be inserted, Master Sergeant Gordon received permission to perform his volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fires at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, Master Sergeant Gordon was inserted one hundred meters south of the crash site. Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Master Sergeant Gordon and his fellow sniper, while under intense small arms fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members. Master Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. Master Sergeant Gordon used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers until he depleted his ammunition. Master Sergeant Gordon then went back to the wreckage, recovering some of the crew's weapons and ammunition. Despite the fact that he was critically low on ammunition, he provided some of it to the dazed pilot and then radioed for help. Master Sergeant Gordon continued to travel the perimeter, protecting the downed crew. After his team member was fatally wounded and his own rifle ammunition exhausted, Master Sergeant Gordon returned to the wreckage, recovering a rifle with the last five rounds of ammunition and gave it to the pilot with the words, "good luck." Then, armed only with his pistol, Master Sergeant Gordon continued to fight until he was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life.

 

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohsom.htm

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Read the book. It is focking awesome.

[Old Sarge 0]

Blackhawk crashes

 

Good website. Scroll to the middle of the page, until you can find 3 Oct 93. You'll see the Nightstalker Unit Crest and get a few photos of the crewmembers and the aircraft.

[Ravens 03 0]

I saw the movie and thought I watched a similar program awhile back but this one "looks" like they are showing more information and actual video. This whole event still captivates me.

 

Does anyone know if this is actual footage? Some of it has been brutal. Chilling stuff.

 

GB those who serve and protect.

 

 

Unbelievably hard to read.

 

 

GB those guys.

[RLLD 4,230]

My guess would be that Jimmy Carter and Torrid would take turns spitting and urinating on their graves, but hey, these guys gave their lives for the principle of freedom that allows them to do so.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

On a side note, I saw the original post last night right after it went up so I went to the History Channel to see if it was on. Instead of the true story in Somalia, the History Channel was doing a thing on Jonestown and Jim Jones. I even had the wife watching it. That was one focked up dude.

[GuidingLight 3]

On a side note, I saw the original post last night right after it went up so I went to the History Channel to see if it was on. Instead of the true story in Somalia, the History Channel was doing a thing on Jonestown and Jim Jones. I even had the wife watching it. That was one focked up dude.

 

Yeah, that was on right after. That's why I put (pst) in the title. I guess I should have capitalized it for you.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

Yeah, that was on right after. That's why I put (pst) in the title. I guess I should have capitalized it for you.

 

I figured if I was on there 40 minutes after it started, I could catch the end. No dice. I thought that the pst denoted that there was a West Coast broadcast and I might have a chance that it was the exact same on the East Coast.

 

It was not your fault, I was just saying that I got hooked on the Jonestown thing (probably because my wife kept asking questions) and then I watched more of the next one. TV stinks on Saturdays

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I figured if I was on there 40 minutes after it started, I could catch the end. No dice. I thought that the pst denoted that there was a West Coast broadcast and I might have a chance that it was the exact same on the East Coast.

 

It was not your fault, I was just saying that I got hooked on the Jonestown thing (probably because my wife kept asking questions) and then I watched more of the next one. TV stinks on Saturdays

 

I figured as much, so I went with the ( ). I started to watch the Jonestown thing but I can only take so much of "real" life in one sitting. The History channel is often overlooked but produces some quality broadcasts.