House to House
by David Bellavia, John Bruning
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Author: David Bellavia, John BruningReader: Ray Porter
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-04
ISBN: 1433204738
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
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Book Review: The 2nd Battle of Fallujah was even worse than imagined
Summary: 5 Stars
Once started, I couldn't stop listening to this audiobook. My heart was pounding and hands sweaty. I had no idea of the visceral impact this story would have. I'm glad I listened, just to know what happened there.
Both sides in this battle were unbelievably brave and uncompromising. The mujahedeen wanted to die for their cause and to take as many Americans with them as they could. The Americans put into this battle were hardened, battle-tested warriors that wouldn't give up either.
This story shows how violent house-to-house military battle in a city can be. There's no medical service close by, no way one can get clean or even feel safe for a few minutes. David Bellavia (Bell) was with a platoon that suffered lots of deaths and probably nobody wasn't injured. Somehow these young men fought day after day with little to no rest or sleep, and even continued after becoming sick and with infected wounds.
Toward the end of the book I felt angry as anyone would when the men in Bell's platoon returned from the battle and were unable to get a meal. This part of the story was also difficult to get through. I keep thinking about it and what it meant because I don't want to believe that bravery and sacrifice is inconsistent with getting ahead within the military. The pogues, or what the late Colonel David Hackworth called REMFs, seem very important when soldiers return from the field.
Bellavia discovered in his big fight in one house that the enemies fought in Fallujah included Shiia fighters, if I am correct. I didn't see anything about this in the regular media. House to House is not only an action-packed and terrifying story. It's also highly informative regarding the War in Iraq and the 2nd Battle of Fallujah in particular.
Summary of House to House
In one of the most compelling combat narratives ever written, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, Army infantry platoon leader, gives a teeth-rattling, first-hand account of eleven straight days of heavy house-to-house fighting during the climactic second battle of Fallujah. His actions in the firefight, which included killing five insurgents in hand-to-hand combat, earned him the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and New York State's highest military honor, the Conspicuous Service Cross. He has been nominated for the Medal of Honor and for the Army's second highest combat medal, the Distinguished Service Cross, awarded for "extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force," with just four DSCs awarded since 1975.This is the personal side of the battle, where emotion, courage, and strength are stretched to the limits.
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