Editing Randy Shughart (section)

=== Medal of Honor ===
On May 23, 1994, Shughart and Gordon were posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for protecting the crew of Super Six Four. They were the first Medal of Honor recipients since the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=AMOHW>{{cite web|access-date=June 8, 2009|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/somalia.html|title=Medal of Honor recipients|work=American Medal of Honor recipients for Somalia|publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]]|date=June 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221032003/https://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/somalia.html |archive-date=21 December 2007}}</ref>

Herbert Shughart, Randall Shughart's father, attended the Medal of Honor presentation ceremony at the [[White House]], where he refused to shake hands with U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name="whceremony">{{Cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |author-link=Jane Perlez |date=28 December 2000 |title=For 8 Years, a Strained Relationship With the Military |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/28/politics/28LEGA.html |access-date=18 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527141817/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/28/us/for-8-years-a-strained-relationship-with-the-military.html |archive-date=27 May 2015}}</ref> He then proceeded to openly criticize the president, telling him, "You are not fit to be president of the United States. The blame for my son's death rests with the White House and with you. You are not fit to command."<ref name="herbertshughart">{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=James |date=May 29, 1994 |title=Dead Hero's Father Tears into Clinton |work=[[Sunday Times]] |url=http://www.urbin.net/EWW/polyticks/pres-mil.html |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503194829/https://www.urbin.net/EWW/polyticks/pres-mil.html |archive-date=3 May 2001}}</ref>