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The objective: capture two lieutenants of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin minutes of the assault, two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by RPG fire. What followed was one of the most intense urban combat engagements in American military history — a night of fighting through narrow alleyways, rooftop positions, and burning vehicles, against thousands of armed Somali militia, with no armor support and no way out except through the enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tribute tee honors every soldier who fought in the Battle of Mogadishu — the Rangers who held the crash sites, the Delta operators who fought their way to the downed crews, the Night Stalkers who kept flying into a city that was shooting back, and the men who gave everything so that no one would be left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOperation Gothic Serpent — The Battle of Mogadishu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen Americans were killed in action. 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