Madness in Mogadishu

Informationen zum Autor Michael Whetstone remained in the U.S. Army after Somalia and retired as a lieutenant colonel after service in Afghanistan. For his actions in Mogadishu, he received the Silver Star. He currently heads scenario development for a defense contractor, providing live and virtual combat-training support to the U.S. Armyâ (TM)s Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. He lives in Hampton, Virginia. Klappentext On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu, leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of several thousand approaching militants. Ordered to "go find the glow"--the burning wreckage--hard-charging Capt. Mike Whetstone, commander of a Quick Reaction Company in the 10th Mountain Division, led part of the convoy sent to rescue the survivors. This powerfully vivid story of modern war is the intense firsthand account of the mission to find the crash site and retrieve the downed soldiers. Zusammenfassung On the afternoon of October 3! 1993! two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu! leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of several thousand approaching militants. Ordered to "go find the glow"--the burning wreckage--hard-charging Capt.

Product details

• Authors: General William David, William C. General David, Michael Whetstone
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780811715737
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-1573-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 237 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; 1990 bis 1999 n. Chr., Somalia, Afrikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Krieg und militärische Operationen, Moderne Kriegsführung