The Black Hawk Down Incident occurred during Operation Gothic Serpent, a military operation carried out by soldiers from the United States of America and the United Nations.The operation's goal ...

'Black Hawk Down' is a 2001 movie about the 1993 Battle of ... gets limited screen time because it's part of a U.N. convoy that barely sticks around long enough to pick up American casualties.

The casualties suffered by Somalis in the Black Hawk Down incident were far greater in numbers. At the time, leaders estimated that 312 militia and citizens had been killed.

With new medals 30 years after 'Black Hawk Down,' members of Army's ... "These men went through sheer horror for many hours on end but managed to complete the day with comparatively light casualties." ...

In the dusty, chaotic capital of far-off Somalia, 18 U.S. soldiers died in a single day in 1993, the worst firefight American troops had fought since Vietnam and the subject of the new movie Black … ...

Mr. Bowden is the author of “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.” The battle of Mogadishu in early October 1993 shocked most Americans. U.S. forces had been deployed to Somalia to support ...

As U.S. veterans of the October 1993 "Black Hawk Down" battle in Somalia honor their fallen this week, others also remember it as the 20th anniversary of America's first blow from al Qaeda -- even ...

The run commemorates the Oct. 3-4, 1993, battle that ensued after a raid by Delta Force and Army Rangers that saw two Black Hawk helicopters shot down and ultimately 19 U.S. soldiers killed and 73 ...

Despite recently being awarded the Silver Star, one of the military’s highest awards for valor, and being depicted in “Black Hawk Down,” a bestselling book that went on to become an Academy ...

After "Black Hawk Down" came out as a book, which was before the film, it was a #1 best seller on The New York Times list, it was a National Book Award finalist, it got a lot of attention, and it ...