{"id":3338,"date":"2023-10-03T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:01:07","slug":"jack-carrs-take-on-black-hawk-down-on-october-3-1993-bond-shared-by-brothers-in-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=3338","title":{"rendered":"Jack Carr’s take on ‘Black Hawk Down’ on October 3, 1993: ‘Bond shared by brothers in blood’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bestselling author of upcoming \u2018Targeted\u2019 nonfiction series reflects on the operation in which 18 US Army soldiers were killed and 73 wounded in action<\/h2>\n

“It was midafternoon, October 3, 1993. Eversmann\u2019s Chalk Four was part of a force of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators who were about to drop uninvited on a gathering of Habr Gidr clan leaders in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia.”<\/p>\n

Those lines are\u00a0from the book<\/a>\u00a0“Black Hawk Down”\u00a0by Mark Bowden.<\/p>\n

Task Force Ranger \u2026 Operation Gothic Serpent\u00a0\u2026 The Battle of the Black Sea \u2026 Ma-alinti Rangers (The Day of the Rangers), as it is called in Somalia.<\/p>\n

Black Hawk Down.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Eighteen\u00a0U.S. Army<\/a>\u00a0soldiers were killed in action.<\/p>\n

Seventy-three U.S. Army soldiers were wounded in action.<\/p>\n

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Writes bestselling novelist and former Navy SEAL Jack Carr in remembrance of October 3, 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, and what came after it, “I am honored to know some of the men who fought on October 3rd and 4th, 1993, in the streets of Mogadishu.” On the right, a scene from the film “Black Hawk Down,” which was released in December 2001 about the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. The story was first immortalized by journalist Mark Bowden in his book “Black Hawk Down.”\u00a0(Jack Carr\/Revolution Studios\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 2021, the U.S. Army approved the upgrade of 60 awards for soldiers who fought during Operation Gothic Serpent.<\/p>\n

Fifty-eight were upgraded to Silver Stars.<\/p>\n

Two were upgraded to Distinguished Flying Crosses.<\/p>\n

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