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| Authors: David Bellavia, John R., Jr. Bruning
Creator: Ray Porter
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  130 reviews
Sales Rank: 3567536
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 7
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1433204703
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781433204708
ASIN: 1433204703
Publication Date: September 4, 2007
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Product Description
This is the personal side of battle, where emotion, courage, and strength are stretched to the limits. 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 Bellavia 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.
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 Good read September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good read. What war is like from the grunt point of view. I respect our troops more than ever after reading things like this book. Hoooh.
Great personal memoir of combat close-up! September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This memoir is a graphic reminder of just how personal modern warfare can still be in an urban environment. The book does a good job at portraying the battle for Fallujah from the combatant's perspective, not from a journalist or a historian's perspective. His thoughts, struggles and personal issues are all wrapped up into this narrative of combat like no other book I've read on the subject. Although the author is a bit "too eloquent" at times with his portrayals, this book is still definately a must read for anyone interested in combat in general or the modern War on Terror.
Intense reading September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book grabs you right from the start and does not let go until the end. I litterly let go a sigh of relief, when I finished the book.
These men know how to fight and had a willingness to carry the fight to the enemy. Being a disabled combat "Nam" vet, I was so proud of them.
The story was factual all the way. The insight into how combat really is, was of great importance to me. No john Wayne heroics, just in your face, guts and glory, with the attitude of getting it done. It was not about officiers, but the real reason a war is won. The man behind the weapon, ready, experienced and willing to use it. I would give this book six (6) stars if I could.
The men in the story are tough, focused, dedicated, and a rare breed of soldiers. Their human side comes through in so many different ways that you fell as if you know them somehow.
The best book I have read in years.
TDAnderson
Best read August 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Best read this year. I could not put the book down. It is a war memoir not a literary masterpiece.
Amazing, I couldn't put it down. August 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I already had a high view of infintry soldiers as I have a former Army warrior who is my partner and manages the business. My appreciaion of the training, commitment and sacrifice of the FEMF,to modify an acronym from the book, increased ten fold. Thanks David, thank you Deanna, Evan and Aiden. Exodus 15:3
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