US Army Ranger Brad Paulsen earned a Silver Star for valor as a Humvee turret gunner manning a 50 cal. machine gun during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. The struggle to recover injured and fallen US soldiers after a daring assault was popularized by the movie Black Hawk Down.

Brad Paulsen is a decorated veteran and retired carpenter from northern Illinois. During the podcast he talks in detail about the his part in the Battle of Mogadishu, becoming an Army Ranger and many other life experiences.

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Turret Gunner in The Battle Of Mogadishu | Higher Line Podcast #161