"At liftoff, Matt Eversmann said a Hail Mary."
The Assault, p. 3

"Ali moved on to the next street, leaving Adan with two friends. He would shoot a Ranger or die trying. Why were they doing this? Who were these Americans who came to his neighborhood spraying bullets and spreading death?"
The Assault, p. 32

"He really did go cyclic on the .50 cal then, just fired continually for maybe as long as a minute, taking down trees and walls and anyone in, around, or behind them, before Sergeant Lorenzo Ruiz stood up in the turret and took the gun."
The Assault, p. 63

"But they had seen it, the chopper spinning, falling, one of the D-boys hanging on with one hand, both feet in the air, riding it down."
Black Hawk Down, p. 80

"They were driving into the bloodiest phase of the battle."
Black Hawk Down, p. 101

"In ordinary circumstances, as close...