RIP.
Thanks to all who serve, have served and remember those who have given all.
Thanks to all who serve, have served and remember those who have given all.
Yessir.
1st SFOD-D
MSG Gary Gordon
Killed defending the crew of Super Six-Four
SFC Randy Shughart
Killed defending the crew of Super Six-Four
SSG Daniel Busch
Crashed on Super Six-One, died from wounds received defending the downed crew
SFC Earl Fillmore
Killed moving to the first crash site
SFC Matt Rierson
Killed on October 6, 1993 by a mortar which landed just outside the hangar
MSG Tim Griz Martin
Died from wounds received on the Lost Convoy
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
CPL Jamie Smith
Died of wounds with the pinned-down force around crash site one
SPC James Cavaco
Killed on the Lost Convoy
SGT Casey Joyce
Killed on the Lost Convoy
PFC Richard Alphabet Kowalewski
Killed on the Lost Convoy
SGT Dominick Pilla
Killed on Strueckers convoy
SGT Lorenzo Ruiz
Killed on the Lost Convoy
160th SOAR (Nightstalkers)
SSG William Cleveland
Crew chief on Super Six-Four
SSG Thomas Field
Crew chief on Super Six-Four
CW4 Raymond Frank
Copilot of Super Six-Four
CW3 Clifton Elvis Wolcott
Pilot of Super Six-One and died in crash
CW2 Donovan Bull Briley
Copilot of Super Six-One and died in crash
2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade 10th Mountain Division
SGT Cornell Houston
Killed on the rescue convoy
PFC James Henry Martin, Jr.
Killed on the rescue convoy
MSG Gary Gordon
Killed defending the crew of Super Six-Four
SFC Randy Shughart
Killed defending the crew of Super Six-Four
SSG Daniel Busch
Crashed on Super Six-One, died from wounds received defending the downed crew
SFC Earl Fillmore
Killed moving to the first crash site
SFC Matt Rierson
Killed on October 6, 1993 by a mortar which landed just outside the hangar
MSG Tim Griz Martin
Died from wounds received on the Lost Convoy
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
CPL Jamie Smith
Died of wounds with the pinned-down force around crash site one
SPC James Cavaco
Killed on the Lost Convoy
SGT Casey Joyce
Killed on the Lost Convoy
PFC Richard Alphabet Kowalewski
Killed on the Lost Convoy
SGT Dominick Pilla
Killed on Strueckers convoy
SGT Lorenzo Ruiz
Killed on the Lost Convoy
160th SOAR (Nightstalkers)
SSG William Cleveland
Crew chief on Super Six-Four
SSG Thomas Field
Crew chief on Super Six-Four
CW4 Raymond Frank
Copilot of Super Six-Four
CW3 Clifton Elvis Wolcott
Pilot of Super Six-One and died in crash
CW2 Donovan Bull Briley
Copilot of Super Six-One and died in crash
2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade 10th Mountain Division
SGT Cornell Houston
Killed on the rescue convoy
PFC James Henry Martin, Jr.
Killed on the rescue convoy
It's amazing how something like this puts your life into perspective. I read the book on my first deployment to Iraq in 2003 and realized that on my 12th birthday while I was upset about something birthday party related that is so inconsequential I can't even remember what it was at this point, warriors halfway across the globe were fighting and dying to get to, protect, and evacuate their wounded and dead brothers, a few requesting to be put in the path of certain death without reservation so they could possibly provide cover long enough for a convoy to reach the second crash site before the Somali mob overtook it.
Before I whine or complain about something, I see this and think that better and braver men than I have dealt with worse and maybe I should just suck it up.
Never forget...
Before I whine or complain about something, I see this and think that better and braver men than I have dealt with worse and maybe I should just suck it up.
Never forget...
I'm glad we remember our heroes.
