Heroes Breakfast Benefit Operation Stand Down, Inc.
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The late Robin Moore, author of The Green Berets and The French Connection praised Russells book as "an extraordinary personal glimpse of the war and a monumental credit to himself, his troops, and the United States of America," while General Tommy Franks calls it "a moving, gripping account of one of the most remarkable achievements of soldiering in a generation." “We are hosting this breakfast to annually honor outstanding Heroes from our society who know and understand what it means to be a Veteran in today’s world,” said Robert D. Tuke, Board President of OSDN.Lynda Evjen OSDN 615-517-5714 levjen@gmail.com ### Nashville, TN, August 23, 2011 --( PR.com )-- On Monday, October 31st, 2011 Operation Stand Down, Inc. (OSDN) will host their first “Heroes Breakfast” at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel and will feature Oklahoma Senator and retired Lt. Col. Steve Russell, author of “We Got Him!” , a memoir of the hunt and capture of Saddam Hussein.Long before the fall of Osama bin Laden, another polarizing Middle East figure fell to U.S. forces: Saddam Hussein.Russell’s book follows the six-month manhunt for Saddam, exposing the blow-by-blow plays of the actual raid that netted him and the stories behind the Soldiers involved.The late Robin Moore, author of The Green Berets and The French Connection praised Russells book as "an extraordinary personal glimpse of the war and a monumental credit to himself, his troops, and the United States of America," while General Tommy Franks calls it "a moving, gripping account of one of the most remarkable achievements of soldiering in a generation."“We are hosting this breakfast to annually honor outstanding Heroes from our society who know and understand what it means to be a Veteran in today’s world,” said Robert D. Tuke, Board President of OSDN.