![]() ![]() ![]() En route, they stumble across a German experimental site, still smoldering with flames from some devastating event. After a fierce firefight, the Americans escape and try to make their way back to their own lines to report the German surge. With the Germans apparently near defeat in the latter part of World War II, a squad of American soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division on a routine mission near Elsenborn in the Belgian Ardennes encounter a surprisingly strong German tank destroyer and infantry force. De Meo would later write Company of Heroes 2. It was loosely based on the video game of the same name. ![]() The screenplay was co-written by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo. Publishers Weekly reviewed it as a good look into war, and engaging, though lacking in introspection and sometimes off-topic.Company of Heroes is a 2013 American direct-to-video war thriller film directed by Don Michael Paul. The book was a New York Times bestseller. Durant was portrayed by Ron Eldard in the film Black Hawk Down, based on Bowden's book. The introduction is written by Mark Bowden, author of the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. Durant became a prisoner of Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid for 11 days. MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart volunteered to try to protect the pilot from the mob while Durant was severely injured, he survived, but Gordon and Shughart did not, and were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their bravery. In the Battle of Mogadishu, the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter code-named Super Six-Four that Durant was piloting was shot down over Somalia by a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993, and he was attacked by a mob and had to fight for his life. In the Company of Heroes is a book by Michael Durant and Steven Hartov about Durant's experiences in the Battle of Mogadishu, Korea, the Persian Gulf, Thailand, Panama, and Iraq. ![]()
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