A few years back, I intereviewed Staff Sergeant David Bellavia.
At that time, he’d just published his book, House to House, which was one of the very best books about tip-of–the-knife infantry combat I’ve ever read. Up there with Band of Brothers or The Forgotten Soldier. It is that good. If you haven’t read it, you need to.
And I’m utterly thrilled to see that SSG Bellavia is running for Congress in the NY27, the greater Batavia area.
He also has a Twitter feed.
If you’re an upstate NY reader, or have a few bucks to spare whereever you are, New York could do an awful lot worse – and usually does – than send Mr. Bellavia to Congress.
Actually there might be more people in Minnesota that remember him than you think. He was on the Vets For Freedom Hero’s Tour a few years back-the one that got banned from speaking at Forest Lake HS because a local leftyblogger stirred up some frightened parents.
Bellavia spoke to a packed room at the Fort Snelling O club and got a standing ovation, as I recall. He’s an incredible public speaker.