We had the honor of welcoming back to Pundit Review Radio SSG David Bellavia. It’s not every day that we get to talk with someone who has been the subject of Someone You Should Know.
David is a former Army Staff Sergeant who served in the First Infantry Division for six years. He has been recommended for the Medal of Honor by his leadership, and has been nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross. He has received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Conspicuous Service Cross (New York State’s highest combat valor award) and was recently inducted into the New York State Veteran’s Hall of Fame.
His new book House to House: An Epic Memoir of War is just that. It is a brutally honest, incredibly detailed look at David’s Iraq experience, with a special focus on the events in Fallujah. One of the blurbs on the book jacket really hit home,
“Staff Sgt. Bellavia brings it. This is life in the infantry, circa right now. They used to say that the real war will never get in the books. Here it does, stunningly. You may not agree with it, or like what he has to say. Read it anyway — and then sit silently for an hour or so and contemplate what he has done on behalf of his country.”
– Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq and Making the Corps
We took some emotional phone calls tonight from people who wanted to say thank you. One from a Vietnam Vet and another from a father whose daughter recently joined the Air Force. This was a tremendous hour spent with a genuine hero who has written a truly memorable book.
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