On the wall of the Special Forces Memorial Court at Fort Bragg, the words of the prophet Isaiah are etched in stone.

I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

Whom shall I send and who will go for us?

Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Schugar answered that call.

Today we inscribed their lives and their deeds in the distinguished and valorous history of this country's men and women in uniform.

We pray that God will embrace their souls and may their service and sacrifice in uniform. We pray that God will embrace their souls, and may their service and sacrifice inspire

generations to come.

Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall Schubert were real American

heroes.

During the military operation in Mogadishu on October 3rd, two American

helicopters were down by hostile fire. Although United States Army Rangers established a defensive

perimeter around the first down helicopter, they could not reach the second one quickly by land. In the wreckage of this

helicopter lay four injured Army crewmen. Another helicopter with sergeants Gordon and

Schuagert on board was dispatched to provide cover from above. But they came under withering

fire and the two sergeants instinctively understood

that if the down crew was to stand a chance of survival, someone would have to get them on the ground.

Immediately, Sergeant's Gordon and Schubert volunteered to go. They were told, no, it's too dangerous. They volunteered again. Again, they were

told, no. They volunteered a third time. And permission finally was granted. Sargent's Gordon and

Schubert knew their own chances of survival were extremely bleak.

The pilot of their helicopter said that anyone in their right mind would never have gone in.

But they insisted on it because they were comrades in danger,

because they believed passionately in the creed that says, I will not fail

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