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Fact or Fiction

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Preview Picture:	Clip Review:	Fact or Fiction Answer:
	Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann is told by Captain Steele that he will command Chalk 4 since 2nd Lt. John Beales is epileptic and is being sent home.	Eversmann really was given command of Chalk 4. FACT
	General Garrison tells his commanders and soldiers who they are out to get.	Aidid's advisors were the two people that Garrison spoke of. FACT
	Lt. Colonel Gary Harrell and Lt. Col Tom Matthews give Delta Force Units and the Ranger Chalks the code word, "Irene."	Irene really was the code word to launch the soldiers for the mission. FACT
	The assault begins as the Delta Force lands at the target area and surrounds the building.	The Delta units were predicted to have started landing at this time. FACT
	Private First Class Todd Blackburn falls from Chalk 4's Blackhawk when an RPG is fired at the helicopter.	Blackburn really did fall from the helicopter but nobody knows how or why. FACT & FICTION
	Lt. Colonel Danny McKnight looks at the target building while Sergeant Dominick Pilla and Staff Sergeant Jeff Struecker wait for his orders.	In reality McKnight was not there with Struecker in the lead humvee. FICTION
	Sergeant Dominick Pilla is shot and killed by a Somali gunman as Struecker tries to get Blackburn back to base.	Pilla did die this way but different people were in the lead humvee with Struecker; Struecker was not actually driving. FACT & FICTION
	A Somalian militiaman hits Chief Warrant Officer Cliff Wolcott's Super 61 Blackhawk with an RPG and the Blackhawk crashes.	Wolcott's bird really was shot down when the tail was hit by an RPG. FACT

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© Paige Derrick US History 2003