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 …
