So, buddy of mine who served with Dick’ Meadows and Bull Simons in White Star (he’s mentioned Meadows book as “Sparky”) recommended that book, and wow! I vaguely knew that Perot was involved in getting some of his people out of Iran, I had no idea how involved it was, and how involved he was in it. I have a whole new respect for Perot. That guy had brass balls the size of well, TX. He brings in none other than Col Simons to run the op, gets a group of guys from his own company to risk it all, and they hatch a crazy plan to rescue two his people being held hostage in Iran when the place went to chit under Islamic rule. The book is a slow burn, but once it gets going, it’s amazing considering it’s all true. Funny thing is, I vaguely recall watching the made for TV movie about it with Burton Lancaster of all people, which is free on YT. I made sure not to go look up the details of the event before reading the book because I didn’t want to ruin the experience not knowing how it turned out, and I’m glad I did! Nothing like that would ever happen today, certainly no “leader” of a big company would step up in the way Perot did to save his people.