House to House
by: David Bellavia
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"Blood flows over my left hand and I lose my grip on his hair. His head snaps back against the floor. In an instant, his fists are pummeling me. I rock from his counterblows. He lands one on my injured jaw and the pain nearly blinds me. He connects with my nose, and blood and snot pour down my throat. I spit blood between my teeth and scream with him. The two of us sound like caged dogs locked in a death match. We are."
On the night of November 10, 2004, a U.S. Army infantry squad under Staff Sergeant David Bellavia entered the heart of the city of Fallujah and plunged into one of the most sustained and savage urban battles in the history of American men at arms.
With Third Platoon, Alpha Company, part of the Army's Task Force 2/2, Bellavia and his men confronted an enemy who had had weeks to prepare, booby-trapping houses, arranging ambushes, rigging entire city blocks as explosives-laden kill zones, and even stocking up on atropine, a steroid that pumps up fighters in the equivalent of a long-lasting crack high. Entering one house, alone, Bellavia faced the fight of his life against six insurgents, using every weapon at his disposal, including a knife. It is the stuff of legend and the chief reason he is one of the great heroes of the Iraq War.
Bringing to searing life the terrifying intimacy of hand-to-hand infantry combat, House to House is far more than just another war story. Populated by an indelibly drawn cast of characters, from a fearless corporal who happens to be a Bush-hating liberal to an inspirational sergeant-major who became the author's own lost father figure, it develops the intensely close relationships that form between soldiers under fire. Their friendships, tested in brutal combat, would never be quite the same. Not all of them would make it out of the city alive. What happened to them in their bloody embrace with America's most implacable enemy is a harrowing, unforgettable story of triumph, tragedy, and the resiliency of the human spirit.
A timeless portrait of the U.S. infantryman's courage, House to House is a soldier's memoir that is destined to rank with the finest personal accounts of men at war.
"Blood flows over my left hand and I lose my grip on his hair. His head snaps back against the floor. In an instant, his fists are pummeling me. I rock from his counterblows. He lands one on my injured jaw and the pain nearly blinds me. He connects with my nose, and blood and snot pour down my throat. I spit blood between my teeth and scream with him. The two of us sound like caged dogs locked in a death match. We are."
On the night of November 10, 2004, a U.S. Army infantry squad under Staff Sergeant David Bellavia entered the heart of the city of Fallujah and plunged into one of the most sustained and savage urban battles in the history of American men at arms.
With Third Platoon, Alpha Company, part of the Army's Task Force 2/2, Bellavia and his men confronted an enemy who had had weeks to prepare, booby-trapping houses, arranging ambushes, rigging entire city blocks as explosives-laden kill zones, and even stocking up on atropine, a steroid that pumps up fighters in the equivalent of a long-lasting crack high. Entering one house, alone, Bellavia faced the fight of his life against six insurgents, using every weapon at his disposal, including a knife. It is the stuff of legend and the chief reason he is one of the great heroes of the Iraq War.
Bringing to searing life the terrifying intimacy of hand-to-hand infantry combat, House to House is far more than just another war story. Populated by an indelibly drawn cast of characters, from a fearless corporal who happens to be a Bush-hating liberal to an inspirational sergeant-major who became the author's own lost father figure, it develops the intensely close relationships that form between soldiers under fire. Their friendships, tested in brutal combat, would never be quite the same. Not all of them would make it out of the city alive. What happened to them in their bloody embrace with America's most implacable enemy is a harrowing, unforgettable story of triumph, tragedy, and the resiliency of the human spirit.
A timeless portrait of the U.S. infantryman's courage, House to House is a soldier's memoir that is destined to rank with the finest personal accounts of men at war.
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Rating: - Intense read!
"House to House", an epic memoir of War by SSG David Bellavia.
In November, 2004 Staff Sergeant Bellavia led Third Platoon into Fallujah with an initial goal of seizing Highway 10 and then pushing into an industrial district clearing houses and setting up defensive positions as they go with new orders to follow. "House to House" chronicles this invasion from Staff Sergeant Bellavia's point of view.
"House to House "gives the uncensored version of day to day life of the soldiers ... Read More
Rating: - House tol House
Was pleased with this product and it was all my son had said it would be.
Rating: - Enlightening tale
This is an incredibly graphic depiction of battle in Iraq. The deprivations that the soldiers endure are amazing.
Rating: - Left me in awe
I have put off reading this book for sometime. I have a son in the Infantry. After reading it part of me wishes I had not. It is riveting, it is raw, and it is scary for someone who has a loved one serving in harm's way.
Having said that, the book was awesome. Every American should read it. I am in awe of these men and of what they accomplished and the conditions in which they accomplished it. I truly believe that part of our country's problem is that we do not put the stories along side the names ... Read More
Rating: - what a read
wow that was a well written book,covered all the angles,I here so many people say it'sBush's fault we shouldn't even be there, that may be so but we are there and our marines and soldiers were slugging it out in Falluja and the auther points out how politics can really change the dynamics of a situation when maybe military commanders on scene who know from weeks and months of studying the terrorists what the best courseof action should be,I think with the mix of personalities the military leaders would ... Read More
- Intense read!"House to House", an epic memoir of War by SSG David Bellavia.
In November, 2004 Staff Sergeant Bellavia led Third Platoon into Fallujah with an initial goal of seizing Highway 10 and then pushing into an industrial district clearing houses and setting up defensive positions as they go with new orders to follow. "House to House" chronicles this invasion from Staff Sergeant Bellavia's point of view.
"House to House "gives the uncensored version of day to day life of the soldiers ... Read More
- House tol HouseWas pleased with this product and it was all my son had said it would be.
- Enlightening taleThis is an incredibly graphic depiction of battle in Iraq. The deprivations that the soldiers endure are amazing.
- Left me in aweI have put off reading this book for sometime. I have a son in the Infantry. After reading it part of me wishes I had not. It is riveting, it is raw, and it is scary for someone who has a loved one serving in harm's way.
Having said that, the book was awesome. Every American should read it. I am in awe of these men and of what they accomplished and the conditions in which they accomplished it. I truly believe that part of our country's problem is that we do not put the stories along side the names ... Read More
- what a readwow that was a well written book,covered all the angles,I here so many people say it'sBush's fault we shouldn't even be there, that may be so but we are there and our marines and soldiers were slugging it out in Falluja and the auther points out how politics can really change the dynamics of a situation when maybe military commanders on scene who know from weeks and months of studying the terrorists what the best courseof action should be,I think with the mix of personalities the military leaders would ... Read More
