U.S. involvement in Mogadishu before the Battle of Mogadishu

U.S. involvement in Mogadishu before the Battle of Mogadishu By Staff Sgt. Dillon Heyliger “Black Hawk Down,” for many Americans, brings to mind the intense 17-hour battle that took place October 1993, in the dusty streets of Mogadishu between U.S. Special Operations Forces and Somali militiamen, loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a rogue paramilitary clan …