### U.S. Troops Ordered to Somalia **Date**: December 4, 1992 • **Location**: Washington, United States This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1992–1995. U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War. George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 43rd vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son, George W. Bush, was the 43rd president.

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