[desertsolitaire]

Missed the film; did he survive the shootdown and lengthy crossfire and was eventually, slowly, rescued?

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, if they’re quoting him today, I suspect he survived the fight from 1993!

[rlmorel]

Excellent movie. I think of it often. Just the other day...

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In the Minuteman Museum, they have a wall with a map of the entire Boston-Concord area, and it has colored lights that light up to show the various parties on that day, the red lights showing the British coming out of Boston, and as they advanced past Lexington and the first shots on the Lexington Common, columns of white lights from every surrounding town began converging on the British column as it began its retreat from Concord.

There is a moving timeline at the bottom showing the time of day.

Eventually, as I watched, it made me think of the American troops in Somalia trying to fight their way out of the heart of the city. Armed people streaming from every point of the compass (as described in the book “Blackhawk Down”)

[rlmorel]

Yes. Presented admirably too, by Eric Bana in the movie. Very complimentary. In reading this story, seems like a spot-on portrayal.

He came across as the epitome of what we would all want to see with respect to practicality, common sense, unselfishness, compassion, and fierce combat capability in any military person we meet.

That was my impression. I have to go back and watch that movie again...

[No name given]

He survived the shootout and helped rescue his fellow army rangers.

[Thank You Rush]

Michael Durant was the Black Hawk pilot who was shot down and captured....he wrote a book “In the Company of Heroes” - a very good book I recommend.