About this Product
On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger was dispatched to seize two high-profile lieutenants of a Somali warlord. Special Forces troops were transported by ground vehicles and helicopters, and the mission was meant to be over within the hour. They quickly found themselves under heavy fire, and two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down. With a hastily organized relief column many hours away, the American troops faced a desperate battle for survival.
Focusing on the stories of the soldiers on the ground, and in the air, Day of the Rangers reveals the experiences and recollections of the Special Forces units, including the Rangers, Delta operators and Nightstalker crews who fought in the battle of Mogadishu.
Published to mark the battle's 25th anniversary and using recently declassified documents and new interviews with many of the participants, Day of the Rangers is a fascinating and revealing new history of a battle that would influence American Special Forces for decades to come.
Biographical Note
Contents
Foreword by Matt Eversmann
Dramatis Personae
CHAPTER 1: Gothic Serpent
CHAPTER 2: The First Six
CHAPTER 3: Lucy
CHAPTER 4: Big Sky, Small Bullet
CHAPTER 5: "We Are Their Only Hope”
CHAPTER 6: "Ranger, Ranger. You Die Somalia”
CHAPTER 7: The Long Night
CHAPTER 8: The Mogadishu Mile
CHAPTER 9: Maalintii Rangers
Appendices
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
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