''House to House: A Soldier's Memoir'' is a 2007 memoir by

Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...

veteran and

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

recipient

David Bellavia David Gregory Bellavia (born November 10, 1975) is a former United States Army soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fallujah. Bellavia has also received the Bronze Star Medal, two Army Commendation ...

.Tsouras, Peter.
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
" Military History 24.10 (Jan. 2008): 70-71. The secondary author is John R. Bruning, who also helped write the war memoir ''

Outlaw Platoon ''Outlaw Platoon'' is a 2012 war story memoir written by Captain Sean Parnell and author John R. Bruning. The book details Parnell's 2006–2007 experiences as an infantry platoon leader during the War in Afghanistan. After receiving his commis ...

'' (2012).

Summary

''House to House'' is an

autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...

about the actions of

Staff Sergeant Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. History of title In origin, certain senior sergeants were assigned to administrative, supervi ...

David Bellavia during the

second Battle of Fallujah The Second Battle of Fallujah, codenamed Operation al-Fajr ( ar, الفجر, ) and Operation Phantom Fury, was an American-led offensive of the Iraq War that lasted roughly 6 weeks, starting 7th November, 2004. Marking the highest point of the ...

. The book was released in 2007 and goes in-depth to describe the conditions of battle and the feelings that Bellavia experiences during the battle.

Reviews

*"HOUSE TO HOUSE: An Epic Memoir of War." Kirkus Reviews 75.13 (July 2007): 640–640. *"House to House: An Epic Memoir of War." Publishers Weekly 254.29 (23 July 2007): 61–61. *Roberts, James C. "Iraq Veteran Details Horror and Heroism in Fallujah." Human Events 63.32 (24 Sep. 2007): 19–19. *Douglas, Clint. "A Knife Under the Collarbone." Washington Monthly 39.9 (Sep. 2007): 55–57.

References

Iraq War memoirs 2007 non-fiction books {{mil-memoir-stub