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Black Hawk Down (book)
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Black Hawk Down (book)
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
is a
1999
book by journalist
Mark Bowden
. It documents efforts by the
Unified Task Force
to capture
Somali
faction leader
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
in 1993, and the resulting
battle in Mogadishu
between United States forces and Aidid's militia. One of the key events is the downing of two United States
UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopters, from which the book derives its title, and the attempt to rescue their crews. United States forces included
Army Rangers
,
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
,
10th Mountain Division
,
Delta Force
and
Navy SEALs
, with
United Nations
peacekeeping forces also involved.
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