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Shughart and gordon inserted near the crash site.

Gordon and shughart. Gordon and his comrade army sgt. Shughart were true warriors and finest american heroes. They were the first medal of honor recipients since the vietnam war.

1st class randall shughart made the most difficult decision service members could ever make to give their lives for their brothers in arms. They saw opportunity where others could see only danger. On may 23 1994 shughart and gordon were posthumously decorated with the medal of honor for protecting the crew of super six four.

As they monitored the downing of the 2nd blackhawk it was evident that ground forces would not be available anytime soon to secure the crash site and protect the crew of four whom all survived the crash. This medal of honor. Gordon and shughart began working their way to the wreckage of super 64 fighting through crazed militiamen.

Like the other operators they prided themselves on staying cool and effective even in extreme danger. They reached the black hawk at the last possible moment right as durant was down to his last few rounds and the militiamen were about to overtake him. Gordon and shughart were a sniper team for delta force and were assigned to over watch the operation engaging targets from the blackhawk.

They were serious career soldiers trained to get hard ugly things done. Randy shughart would have been 60 years old today. Finally commanders granted their requests.

Shughart and gary gordon both delta force operators and snipers died in mogadishu somalia in october 1993 after being inserted alone into a. Gary ivan gordon 30 august 1960 3 october 1993 was a master sergeant in the united states army and a recipient of the medal of honorat the time of his death he was a non commissioned officer in the united states armys premier special operations unit the 1st special forces operational detachment delta 1sfod d or delta forcetogether with his comrade sergeant first class randy. Shughart and gordon were experts at killing and staying alive.

1st class randall shughart a 35 year old from newville pa who so loved the military that he made his wife stephanie promise never to ask him to quit. Shughart and gary gordon who provided sniper cover from a helicopter requested insertion to defend the downed blackhawk from hostile force.