
Michael Kelly
Lt. Col. Gary Volesky


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Relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.”

Lt. Col. Gary Volesky

Lt. Shane Aguero

Pvt Tomas Young

Jassim Al-Lani

Sgt. Eric Bourquin
SPC Acevedo
SPC Matt Fisk

SPC Jonathan Riddell

SPC. Israel Garza

SGT. Jackson

Chapel Kid

Faiza
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01The First Cavalry Division launches a rescue mission when one of their platoons is ambushed by thousands of enemy insurgents in Baghdad. As news breaks, the lives of the soldiers' families at Fort Hood are thrown into chaos and uncertainty.
02Denomy leads the first rescue into Sadr City under heavy fire. It’s clear the locals have been preparing for this ambush for weeks.
03Before Staff Sgt. Robert Miltenberger’s deployment, he is overcome by a strong premonition that he will die in Iraq.
04Jassim’s troubled past is revealed and his allegiances tested. Aguero is forced to make a choice that scars his platoon for the rest of their lives.
05Tomas Young learns about the realities of war, beginning a lifelong struggle through which he’ll touch countless lives.
06With a diminishing supply of ammunition, Bourquin struggles to signal helicopters in a desperate attempt to get the men out alive.
07The rescuers finally punch through to the stranded platoon, but the battle hasn’t finished taking its toll, both in Sadr City and at Fort Hood.