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		Bellavia, David, 1975-
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		United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Battalion, 2nd -- Biography.
		United States. Army -- Non-commissioned officers -- Biography.
		Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
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		Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns.
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Remember the Ramrods : an Army brotherhood in war and peace / David Bellavia.

by Bellavia, David, 1975-

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Mariner Books, 2022.

956.7044342 B437r

Bellavia, David, 1975-

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Battalion, 2nd -- Biography.

United States. Army -- Non-commissioned officers -- Biography.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.

Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Regimental histories -- United States.

9780063048652 (hc)

9780063048669 (trade pbk)

xx, 358 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

"In 2004, David Bellavia’s U.S. Army unit, an infantry battalion known as the Ramrods -- 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division -- fought and helped win the Battle of Fallujah, the bloodiest episode of the Iraq War. On November 10, 2004, Bellavia single-handedly cleared a fortified enemy position that had pinned down a squad from his platoon. Fourteen years later, Bellavia got a call from the president of the United States: he had been awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions in Fallujah and would receive America’s highest award for bravery in combat during a ceremony at the White House. The news was not welcome. Bellavia had put the war behind him, created a quiet life for himself in rural western New York, and lost touch with most of his fellow Ramrods, who were once like brothers to him. The first time they gathered as a unit after the war was at Bellavia’s medal ceremony, six days in Washington, D.C., that may have saved them all. As they revisited what they had seen and done in battle and revealed to one another their journeys back into civilian life, they discovered that the bonds had not been broken by time. A decoration for one became a healing event for all. This book -- beginning in brutal war and ending with this momentous, transformative reunion -- covers the journey of Bellavia’s platoon through fifteen years. A quintessential and timeless American tale, it is the story of how forty battle-hardened soldiers became ordinary citizens again; what they did during that time, and how November 10, 2004, rattled within them; and how their reunion brought them home at last."--Publisher.

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