SUBJECT LINE: Announcing the National Heroes Bus Tour! NATIONAL HEROES TOUR Vets for Freedom Members, Vets for Freedom is proud to announce the National Heroes Tour, a coast-to-coast bus tour aimed at honoring America’s veterans, active troops and their families. The bus tour kicks off in San Diego on March 14 and will include 22 stops in 16 states over three weeks, culminating on the steps of Capitol Hill on April 8th, for another “Vets on the Hill” event. The tour will bring together veterans from across the country to tell their stories and highlight their sacrifices, as well as rally support for successfully completing the missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. CLICK HERE to see when the tour will be coming through your state, and to view updates of exact times and locations of tour events! In addition to the local heroes we pick up along the way, here are a few of the heroes that will be featured on the tour: David Bellavia—recipient of the Silver Star, and nominee for the Medal of Honor and author of House to House (a memoir about house-to-house combat in Iraq) Marcus Luttrell—recipient of the Navy Cross and sole survivor of a mission in which four Navy SEALS were sent into a Taliban stronghold on the Afghan-Pakistan border; Luttrell was badly injured yet managed to escape enemy capture and later author the New York Times best- selling book Lone Survivor Marco Martinez—recipient of the Navy Cross for heroic action on the battlefield in Iraq and author of Hard Corps , Martinez was involved in gang activity in Los Angeles and joined the Marine Corps to straighten out his life Steve Russell—recipient of the Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device for his actions in Iraq; Lieutenant Colonel Russell led the battalion responsible for the capture of Saddam Hussein The Bus!