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 Sugar 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 inspire generations to come. Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First

Class Randall Schuert 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

Schubert 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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