The Manhunt for Saddam Hussein | Lt. Col. Steve Russell (Ret.)

About This Episode

On December 13, 2003, a battalion commander's six-month intelligence hunt ended in a spider hole outside Tikrit, and the man hiding in it was Saddam Hussein. Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russell, U.S. Army (Ret.), led that hunt, and he sat down with Combat Story to tell it from the inside. Steve Russell spent 21 years as an Army infantry officer, with deployments to Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In the spring of 2003 he took command of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Div