Beyond Black Hawk Down - Part 2

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Today on Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson concludes his riveting discussion with Black Hawk Down hero, Jeff Struecker about his book, The Road to Unafraid, and his experiences as a U.S. Army Major and Chaplain. As Americans, we must remember that brave soldiers ran through bullets and gunfire because they loved their brothers in arms more than they loved their own lives. “Let us not forget,” Jeff said, “Our freedom is very cheap if it wasn’t for that kind of love!”

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to Family Talk.
0:01.9	It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute,
0:05.2	supported by listeners just like you.
0:08.2	I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us. It was October of 1993 in Mogadishu Somalia an elite group of American Army Rangers
0:25.8	and Delta Force operators were dispatched to execute what was meant to be a one-hour extraction
0:31.5	mission.
0:32.6	What followed though was one of the deadliest battles in American military history since
0:36.8	the Vietnam War.
0:38.4	This battle is now popularly known as the Black Hawk Down incident.
0:42.3	In fact, the story of Black Hawk Down is portrayed in a film of the same name that came out in
0:47.0	2001.
0:48.0	I'm Roger Marsh, and you're listening to Family Talk, the listener supported broadcast division of the Dr James Dobson Family
0:54.8	Institute.
0:55.8	Today on Family Talk, Dr. Dobson will continue his conversation with decorated retired
1:00.8	Army Major Jeff Struker, who led a squad of soldiers in Black Hawk down.
1:05.5	On that day, when two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in hostile territory, U.S. forces
1:10.8	found themselves taking heavy fire with no way out.
1:14.3	It's important to note that the U.S. forces were there in 1993 to do what the American military
1:19.3	has done countless times since the birth of our great nation.
1:22.6	They were fighting oppressors to win freedoms for others.
1:25.8	And that bears mentioning any time you see the greatest democracy and defender of liberty in
1:30.4	the history of the world in action.
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