“We Got Him!” is the most well known quote from the war in Iraq. No other event in Operation Iraqi Freedom caught the attention of the world like the hunt for and capture of Saddam Hussein. Square in the middle of the search, living in Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, were Lt. Col. Steve Russell and his men of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. We Got Him! chronicles the day by day search and the successes and dead ends as regular and special operations soldiers tore into Saddam’s social networks.

This is the definitive account of this major historical event and of the sacrifice that made it happen. It also provides a rare look at the enemy side of the action. With his extensive journal notes, combat reports, interviews with those who were there, and painstaking research, Steve Russell has preserved the story like only someone who lived the experience can do.

Their journey is a grand saga of human experience, testing every element of character and fortitude in a six-month manhunt that ended at a hole on the bank of the Tigris River. This account exposes the blow-by-blow plays of the actual raids that netted Saddam, with never before revealed information, including 32 pages of pictures, many never seen before.