1st SFOD-D (Airborne). Персоналии, 1977 - 1997 гг.
Генерал Джеймс Во (слева), командующий операцией Eagle Claw, и полковник Джеймс Беквит, создатель и первый командир "Дельты", 24 апреля 1980 года
Тимоти "Гриц" Мартин, 1986 год
Цитата: Tim departed for Somalia on 27 August 1993 as part Operation Gothic Serpent, Task Force Ranger. On 3 October 1993, Tim was part of a 12 vehicle convoy (nine Humvees and three five-ton trucks). The ground extraction convoy was supposed to reach the captive targets a few minutes after the beginning of the take-down. However the convoy ran into delays when Somali citizens and local militia formed barricades along the streets of Mogadishu with rocks and burning tires, blocking the convoy from reaching the Delta and Ranger assault forces and their captives. On the way into the Olympic Hotel, Tim was in the third Humvee when Chief John Gay (Navy SEAL) was hit by a single bullet. The bullet hit the SEAL's knife and he was slightly wounded. Tim treated Gay.
As they passed behind the target house an RPG-7 rocket struck the third Humvee. Three men were blown out of the Humvee, one being Tim who took the brunt of the blast. The rocket-propelled grenade had blown off the lower half of Tim's body. Also mortally wounded in the Humvee was Ranger Private Adalberto Rodriguez.
The wounded were loaded into a five-ton truck. When they got back to the hanger, Tim was semiconscious. The unit Doctor Major Rob Marsh and unit medic SFC Don Hutchinson, did what they could for Tim. Tim and the other seriously wounded were flown to Germany. After a hard fight Tim finally succumb to his wounds.
Чарльз "Чак" Чейз
Цитата: On 17 June 1997, we were having a large cylindrical storage tank delivered to Range 19A (Demolition Range) at the compound on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The tank was to be used for some demolition testing and was being delivered on a large 18-wheel tractor-trailer. Chuck volunteered to go to the range and help unload it. A forklift had picked up the tank and was backing away from the truck. Chuck asked the truck driver if he could have the wood chocks on the truck to place under the tank. The driver said, yes. Chuck step in between the tank and the trailer to get the chocks, just as the forklift was backing up a slight incline. The tank rolled off the forklift and crush Chuck. Chuck died immediately. A very tragic and unfortunate accident. I lost my best friend that day.
Похороны Чака Чейза
Гарри Гордон (слева) и Рэндалл Шугарт
Рэндалл Шугарт
Гарри Гордон
Шугарт и Гордон после окончания отборочного курса в "Дельту", 1986 год
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