As Ahmed ‘Five’ explains, Operation Restore Hope brought a lot of hope to Somali citizens.
As he explains, he was 19 years old when he picked up his first camera.
Five filmed much of the footage of the Battle of Mogadishuthat is featured in the documentary.
The soldiers tell various anecdotes about how they were met with hostility upon arriving in Mogadishu.
David Diemer, Randy Ramaglia, and Brad Thomas tell their experience as part of the U.S. Army Rangers.
According to Satterly,the Rangers made a perimeter surrounding the target building in Bakara Market.
This was designed to block off the intersections and hold back any Somali combatants.
They were outside the perimeter that the Rangers had set up at around 15:40.
Thus, the team ducked into a nearby house, deciding to wait it out.
General Aidid’s fighters surrounded the house, waiting for the Americans to come out.
The Americans weren’t alone inside,as the family that lived in the house was there.
Saido Mohamed, the woman who lived in the house, was interviewed forSurvivingBlack Hawk Down.
Mike Durant is interviewed inSurviving Black Hawk Down, with him discussing his experience as a prisoner of war.
The soldiers do not hold back when discussing the number of deaths that they caused.
I don’t think my finger came off the trigger for very long at all."
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Meanwhile, the Somalis who worked for General Aidid’s army are equally as candid.
These are just a few of the many surprising quotes featured in the Netflix docuseries.
According to Five, both the Somalis and the Americans are victims of the war.
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