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	Gary Gordon
		Master Sergeant Gordon's sniper team provided precision fires from the lead helicopter during an assault and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fires.
		When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper (Randall Shughart) unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site.
		Master Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ga/Gary_Gordon.html (341 words)

	Gary Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gary Gordon was born in Lincoln, Maine in 1960.
		Master Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position.
		Master Sergeant Gordon's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit and the United States Army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gary_Gordon (1045 words)

	Congressional Medal of Honor - Medals of Honor Awarded for Action in Somalia to Gary L. Gordon and Randall Shughart
		When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site.
		Master Sergeant Gordon's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit and the United States Army.
		Gary Gordon and Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart, 35, of Lincoln, Nebraska, were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in connection with the Mogadishu action, one of the worst military incidents involving U.S. troops since the Vietnam War.
	www.medalofhonor.com /Somalia.htm (1696 words)

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		US soldiers searching caves in eastern Afghanistan for evidence of al-Qaeda operations made an eerie discovery - a hand-held satellite positioning unit belonging to one of their comrades killed nearly a decade ago in Somalia.
		Pentagon officials determined that the unit probably belonged to Master Sergeant Gary Gordon of US Special Forces, one of 18 elite commandos killed in Mogadishu in September 1993, Rosa said.
		Gordon and one other soldier killed in the Somalia action were posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour, the military's highest decoration.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/03/21/1016660113945.html (278 words)

	Medal of Honor - Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith
		And we are honored to have with us today his wife, Birgit; their children, Jessica, David; Sergeant Smith's mother, Janice; stepfather Donald; his brother Anthony and his sister Lisa, and several other members and friends of the Smith family.
		As the fight developed, Sergeant First Class Smith braved hostile enemy fire to personally engage the enemy with hand grenades and anti-tank weapons, and organized the evacuation of three wounded soldiers from an armored personnel carrier struck by a rocket-propelled grenade and a 60-mm mortar round.
		Sergeant First Class Smith's extraordinary heroism and uncommon valor are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 3rd Infantry Division, "Rock of the Marne," and the United States Army.
	www.army.mil /medalofhonor/smith/citation/halltranscript.html (2149 words)

	Gifts of Speech - Deborah Y. Parker
		An Army helicopter crashed in the middle of a dense maze of shacks and shanties in Mogadishu, Somalia.
		Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart volunteered to go to the aid of their fallen comrades.
		After Sergeant Shughart was killed, Master Sergeant Gordon took a rifle from the debris, handed it to an injured pilot, wished him "Good luck," and continued to fight until he, himself, was fatally wounded.
	gos.sbc.edu /p/parker.html (1357 words)

	Gary Gordon Information
		U.S. Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor for actions in Operation Gothic Serpent (October 3, 1993).
		Gary Gordon was born in Lincoln, Maine in 1960.
		Gordon's sniper team provided precision fire from the lead helicopter during an assault and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fire.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Gary_Gordon (1023 words)

	US Army Report on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse - by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba
		(U) SPC Sabrina Harman, 372nd MP Company, stated in her sworn statement regarding the incident where a detainee was placed on a box with wires attached to his fingers, toes, and penis, "that her job was to keep detainees awake." She stated that MI was talking to CPL Grainer.
		(U) Neither the camp rules nor the provisions of the Geneva Conventions are posted in English or in the language of the detainees at any of the detention facilities in the 800th MP Brigade's AOR, even after several investigations had annotated the lack of this critical requirement.
		Army Doctrine dictates that an I/R Brigade can be organized with between 7 and 21 battalions, and that the average battalion size element should be able to handle approximately 4000 detainees at a time.
	www.antiwar.com /news/?articleid=2479 (15275 words)

	Gary I. Gordon
		Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as a Sniper Team Leader, U.S. Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia.
		When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site.
		After his team member was fatally wounded, and his own rifle ammunition exhausted, Master Sergeant Gordon returned to the wreckage, recovering a rifle with the last five rounds of ammunition and gave it to the pilot with the words "Good luck".
	www.specialoperationsmemorial.org /medal_info.cfm?medal_number=321 (430 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Summer 2000
		Indeed, had these soldiers failed in their river crossing, the authors tell us, it is not an exaggeration to say the entire German offensive in the West could have been stopped in May 1941, sending the history of the war spinning off in unknown directions.
		Their conclusions reflected Army Chief of Staff Peyton March's declaration that wars were won "by men, munitions, and morale." This led to the Army's focus on reform in the arenas of manpower and industrial mobilization, not in harnessing new technologies to doctrine or tactics.
		Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, Delta men, ignoring almost certain death, lay down their lives in an effort to get the wounded pilot out before a crazed mob gets to him.
	www.carlisle.army.mil /USAWC/PARAMETERS/00summer/sum-rev.htm (13731 words)

	Gary Gordon, USA Medal of Honor Receipient
		Sergeant Gordon’s sniper teams provided precision fire from the lead helicopter during an assault, and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fire.
		When Sergeant Gordon learned ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site.
		Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and crew from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position.
	www.somf.org /moh/gordon_gary_SF.htm (228 words)

	Shughart and Gordon
		On October 3, 1993 members of the elite US Army rangers and SOCOM's Delta Force executed a mission to attempt the capture of Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid.
		Gordon and Shughart were a sniper team for Delta Force and were assigned to over watch the operation, engaging targets from the Blackhawk.
		At the same time, Gordon returned to Durant and calmly asked if there were more weapons (he was out of ammo) and then retrieved some from the down Blackhawk, and began to reengage the attackers.
	www.snipercentral.com /gordon.htm (1236 words)

	Gordon
		Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon served as a Sniper Team leader in Task Force Ranger of the United States Special Operations Command in Mogadishu, Somalia during Operation RESTORE HOPE.
		When MSG Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site.
		Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, MSG Gordon and his fellow sniper, while under intense small arms fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members.
	www.quad-a.org /Hall_of_Fame/personnel/gordon.htm (378 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War at Epinions.com
		The US Army was able to exorcise it's demons from that era.
		To this end Task Force Ranger consisting of elements of US Special Forces, Delta Force, 3rd Battalion 75th Rangers, the 160th Special Operations Wing of the US Air Force and other assorted units were dispatched to Somalia under the command of Major General William F. Garrison.
		Gordon and Shughart were both awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously for their actions.
	www.epinions.com /content_53917224580 (3477 words)

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		Sergeants Gordon and Shughart knew their own chances of survival were extremely bleak.
		Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart died in the most courageous and selfless way any human being can act.
		Gary Gordon was a gentle father who filled notebooks with stories for his two young children.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/intl/somalia/clin0523.txt (836 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Summer 2000
		Indeed, had these soldiers failed in their river crossing, the authors tell us, it is not an exaggeration to say the entire German offensive in the West could have been stopped in May 1941, sending the history of the war spinning off in unknown directions.
		Their conclusions reflected Army Chief of Staff Peyton March's declaration that wars were won "by men, munitions, and morale." This led to the Army's focus on reform in the arenas of manpower and industrial mobilization, not in harnessing new technologies to doctrine or tactics.
		Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, Delta men, ignoring almost certain death, lay down their lives in an effort to get the wounded pilot out before a crazed mob gets to him.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usawc/Parameters/00summer/sum-rev.htm (13731 words)

	Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith's Medal Of Honor Presentation Ceremonies
		Sergeant Smith's name is on the marker covered on the far right and will be unveiled in the ceremony.
		Army Chief of Staff, General Peter Schoomaker speaks to the crowd.
		And your Army folks will appreciate this, she ended her words to us all with a spirited, "Hoo-ah!" which was returned by the crowd.
	www.lbeh.org /moh/pentagon (526 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Autumn 2000
		The small combat unit is part of a larger army, and that army serves the interests of the nation that fields it.
		The armies of all nations invoke, with greater or lesser success, the morality of the nation in justifying the specific assignments of particular units.
		The Army and the Air Force have emerged as the two major protagonists, with their respective visions focused on dominant maneuver on the one hand and precision strike on the other.
	www.carlisle.army.mil /usawc/parameters/00autumn/autrvess.htm (7912 words)

	Black Hawk Down (2001)
		The convoy of "Hummers," as they are nicknamed, and other army trucks, which had been taking prisoners back to the base, must now race down the perilous narrow roads between the three- and five-story buildings as screaming bullets and rockets come from all angles, trying to get to the crash sites to secure a perimeter.
		Two of the U.S. "Little Bird" helicopters fly by twice and hit a number of enemies positioned on a roof near where the remaining troops are dug in.
		The telling of this event is important to those of us in a younger generation who, until now, had to look back at Vietnam and World War II movies to identify with American soldiers' hardships and heroics in battle.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/BlackHawkDown/BlackHawkDown.html (1118 words)

	GPS device from Somalia found in Afghanistan -DAWN - International; March 21, 2002
		WASHINGTON, March 20: US forces sweeping an Afghan cave have found a GPS device that is believed to have belonged to a US special forces soldier who was killed in Somalia in a 1993 battle dramatized in the movie ‘Black Hawk Down,’ the Pentagon said Wednesday.
		Gordon was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest medal for heroism in defending to his death the critically injured crew of a downed Blackhawk helicopter in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993.
		Gordon was one of 18 US soldiers killed in the ill-fated mission to capture Somali warlord Mohammad Farah Aideed, the subject of the recently released movie “Black Hawk Down.”
	www.dawn.com /2002/03/21/int9.htm (222 words)

	Paul Ray Smith, Sergeant First Class, United States Army
		Sergeant Smith was leading about three dozen men who were using a courtyard next to a watchtower to build a temporary jail for captured enemy prisoners.
		Gary I. Gordon and Sgt. 1st Class Randall D. Shughart — after the pair were killed trying to save downed aviators in Somalia in 1993.
		Army officials said he climbed atop an armored vehicle in place of an injured crew member and held off the enemy with a.50-caliber machine gun before taking a bullet to the head.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /prsmith-03.htm (5482 words)

	Snipers in History
		Team Sergeant Gary Gordon, 33, of Lincoln, ME, and Weapons Sergeant Randy Shughart, 35, of Blain, PA -- Medal of Honor recipients, both of Delta Force's C Squadron.
		Gordon had a hard time seeing as he ran for cover and tripped and fell to the ground.
		Of those, Gordon's body was the most badly mutilated and was dropped off in a plastic garbage bag at the front of the U.S. mission.
	www.snipercountry.com /SnipHistory.asp (3371 words)

	David H. Hackworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart selflessly gave their lives in an attempt to save fellow warriors during a fierce battle in Somalia last year.
		When Michael Durant's aircraft was shot down, the two U.S. Army Delta Force warriors volunteered to jump from their hovering helicopter into the middle of a bullet-splattered hornet's nest.
		Gordon and Shughart had to know jumping into that inferno was a one-way ticket to death.
	www.hackworth.com /30aug94.html (683 words)

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	Gary Gordon Productions Mainpage
		She noted this was not reported by the U.S. mainstream press (WMSP) that chose instead to emphasize that the Iraqis had an election as if the election, rather than what they voted for, was the central point.
		But knowing that the U.S. and the Bush family have long slept with the Saudis and did business with the Taliban is just not the same as seeing film of Taliban government visitors and film of the public beheadings conducted in Saudi Arabia not by terrorists (per se), but by the government.
		Those of us who were involved in municipal policies during that era (I served on the city council in Gainesville, Florida) had to deal with a Reagan-lead federal administration that reduced funding for mass transportation, Community Development Block Grant funds, and environmental protection.
	www.garygordonproductions.com /mainpage.html (7133 words)

	USNS GORDON (T-AKR 296) US Department of Defense - Find Articles
		Gordon, born in Lincoln, Maine, August 30, 1960, wasassigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at FortBragg, N.C. He was on a military mission with Task Force Rangerin Somalia, October 3, 1993, when he died assisting downed pilotChief Warrant Officer Michael Durant.
		After two helicopters werehit, Gordon and another soldier, Sergeant First Class RandallShughart, were inserted into the crash site under heavy fire.After pulling the injured crew from the aircraft, theyestablished a defensive perimeter and continued to engage theenemy.
		Gordon was killed after his ammunition ran out.Shughart, killed in the same battle, was also awarded the Medalof Honor.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pden/is_199607/ai_2848492732 (344 words)

	Remarks at the presentation ceremony for the Congressional Medal of Honor - Pres. Bill Clinton - Transcript Weekly ...
		To the distinguished leaders of the military and the Congress who are here, family and friends of the two men on whom we will confer the Nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart were real American heroes.
		Sergeants Gordon and Shughart died on October 3d for a noble and important cause, to give Durant and others a chance to live.
		They were part of a larger mission, a difficult one, that saved hundreds of thousands of innocent Somalis from starvation and gave that nation a chance to build its own future.
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