(UNCONFIRMED – Citation Needed): Chief Warrant Officer Three (CWO-3) Dale Shrader, United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving Pilot of a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter in the 101st Airborne Division. At 0200 on 25 September 1993, during a night reconnaissance mission over Mogadishu, Chief Warrant Officer Three Shrader’s helicopter was hit by a rocket propelled grenade. The explosion ignited the fuel and brought down the aircraft. As the helicopter fell from the sky in flames, Chief Warrant Officer Three Shrader tried to steer it toward friendly forces occupying the seaport. Instead, the helicopter hit the top of a building and then fell to the ground and skidded over a hundred yards before it came to rest against an embankment. Private First Class Matthew K. Anderson, Sergeant Ferdinan C. Richardson, and Sergeant Eugene Williams were killed in the fiery crash. Chief Warrant Officer Three Shrader and Chief Warrant Officer Perry Alliman the Co-Pilot, survived the crash. Chief Warrant Officer Three Shrader’s arm was broken and his Co-Pilot was badly burned and blinded. Somali militiamen rushed to the scene and opened fire on the two Americans with AK-47s and hand grenades. Chief Warrant Officer Three Shrader fought them off and killed at least one attacker. In the midst of the firefight a friendly Somali approached the two Americans waving a flashlight and yelling “American boys!” They had no choice but to trust him. He led them to a nearby United Arab Emirates unit that was securing the seaport, and thereby saved their lives. The gallant actions of Chief Warrant Officer Three Shrader in this action was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military forces and reflects great credit upon himself and the United States. Army.