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Randy Shughart & Gary Gordon Volunteered
to Protect Wounded Soldiers Defying Innumerable Odds
Randy Shughart & Gary Gordon were in the lead helicopter on an
assault mission in the capital of Mogadishu. This occurred
In the midst of intense enemy gunfire, rockets and grenades which
downed two Black Hawk helicopters.
They were now called on to provide protective fire from their helicopter at
both crash sites. When Master Sergeant Gary Gordon learned that ground forces
weren't available to protect the second crash site he unhesitatingly
volunteered to leave the protection of his helicopter and protect four wounded
soldiers from the downed copter. His superiors took some convincing since the
odds of success were against Gordon. But upon his third request to volunteer
he finally got the go ahead and one of his subordinates, Shughart, also
volunteered to drop from the Black Hawk to the crash site.
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