American Valor Quarterly Issue 4 - Autumn 2008 | Page 16

Thanking Our
Wounded Warriors
After Operation Enduring Freedom began and the United States found
itself at war in Afghanistan, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC began treating wounded Soldiers brought home from the
front lines. The numbers swelled after Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced in March 2003. To make the experience of rehabilitation a bit
more pleasant, the owners of Fran O’Brien’s Steakhouse began bringing the injured Soldiers and their families in for Frida H]