Disabled American Veterans: Echoes of Urban Combat - 'Black Hawk Down' 30 Years Later
September 12, 2023
September 12, 2023
ERLANGER, Kentucky, Sept. 12 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:
Larry Perino is stoic as he recalls a Black Hawk helicopter falling from the sky. As an Army Ranger and platoon leader on the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, his instincts kicked in, with one thought racing through his mind: We're not leaving now; we need to get to the crash site.
"I could generally see where it was," said Perino. "It looked like it was two blocks aw . . .
Larry Perino is stoic as he recalls a Black Hawk helicopter falling from the sky. As an Army Ranger and platoon leader on the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, his instincts kicked in, with one thought racing through his mind: We're not leaving now; we need to get to the crash site.
"I could generally see where it was," said Perino. "It looked like it was two blocks aw . . .