Author : David Bellavia
Total Page : 336
Publisher : Pocket Star
Publication Date : 2008 12 30
House to House An Epic Memoir of War
>> Riveting
This is must reading for every politician who doubts what actually happens in those places were our men and women are fighting While the venue is different I ll bet the experience is similar to every war we ve fought Each is its own version of Hell This book just describes it more vividly
The reviewer who said he would be put in the brig for being so subordinate to a REMF major is showing his Viet Nam era thinking The military would have actually put him in the brig Fortunately there are enough senior officers around today who actually understand how things work Unfortunately some of the REMF s are those who actually influence our politicians War isn t clean and sanitary and the sooner our friends in Washington understand that the sooner they will support our troops in ways other than lip service We need to dedicate our efforts to winning not to sustaining a status quo Otherwise the efforts of Sgt Bellavia and the sacrifices of his colleagues will truly be in vain
Please read this book
>> The 2nd Battle of Fallujah was even worse than imagined
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
>> Graphic tale straight from the heart
A graphic tale not for the squeamish Urban war in general and Iraq in particular requires the soldier on the ground to use
intelligence training and a variety of weapons to supplement a fatalistic attitude