members were also present and helped Americans out of the melee following the botched raid. Wasdin, the SEAL who helped capture Atto, was wounded three times during the battle. Several of the SEALs were part of the initial assault force, according to award citations at the time, and helped fight in and out of the crash sites. Army photoįive Navy SEALs were also present during the raid, each earning a Silver Star. 1st Class Randall Shughart (left) and Master Sgt. “On several occasions he expertly air support less than 15 meters from his position" near Mogadishu’s Olympic Hotel.Īrmy Sgt. Jeffrey Bray, who also received the Silver Star, was credited with using infrared strobe lights during the night to string together an “ingenious perimeter marking system" to call in “surgical fire support,” his citation reads. Scott Fales, who joined him, earned the Silver Star after he sustained a leg wound but continued to help treat those who Wilkinson brought to him.Ĭombat controller Tech. Tim Wilkinson earned the Air Force Cross after fast-roping to a downed UH-60 helicopter to extract five wounded Rangers. Martin was killed while providing cover for medics and Houston died fighting from the rescue convoy. They were part of 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, which had been tapped to rescue pinned-down members of Task Force Ranger. Cornell Houston, who died during the raid were from the 10th Mountain Division. Human Rights Watch said the attack “breached the rule of proportionality in humanitarian law even if it was conducted in good faith.” Others, like journalist Scott Peterson, called the event a war crime. Bowden called Bloody Monday “a monumental misjudgment, to say the least.”
Late in the morning, Cobra attack helicopters arrived and launched 16 anti-tank missiles and 20mm cannon fire into the house, killing more than 50 people. In reality, the event was also attended by moderate clan leaders, “who were apparently meeting to discuss mediation between and ,” reads a 1995 Human Rights Watch report. forces seeking to kill Aidid were tipped off that he would be present at a meeting with various clan leaders in Mogadishu. On July 12, 1993, dubbed “Bloody Monday," U.S. (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/GettyImages) The wreckage of a jeep burns in a Mogadishu street, 03 October 1993, after it was destroyed by a remote controlled bomb, injuring three US servicemen.
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