Sergeant Matt Eversmann

Sergeant Matt Eversmann is the main protagonist in the 2001 War Film, Black Hawk Down. He was a US Army Rangers Sergeant during the 1993 Mogadishu Raid. He was portrayed by Josh Hartnett. 
In the film, Sergeant Eversmann is deployed to Somalia with his squad of US Army Rangers to fight the Somali National Alliance. Among his squadmates are McKnight, Grimes, Sanderson, and Hoot. In the middle draft of the film, Eversmann shows care and sympathy for the people of Somalia. The middle draft of the film then cuts to the Battle Of Mogadishu. In the Battle, Eversmann and the US Army Rangers are roped down into Mogadishu from Black Hawk Helicopters. Then, they fight in close quarter combat and ambushes and guerilla tactics against the National Alliance Militia. The US Delta Force Troops are then overrun and Eversmann and his squad of US Army Rangers come relieve them and then they secure Mogadishu. The film then ends with the caption that 1,000 Somalis died and 19 American Soldiers died in the Battle Of Mogadishu.
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