Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Veterans Radio
Episode: MEDAL OF HONOR DAVID BELLAVIA AND WHO CONTROLS THE NATIONAL GUARD
Description: HOW THE 2004 MILITARY ACTION UNFOLDED FOR STAFF SGT. BELLAVIA IN FALLUJAH
Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia was a squad leader in support of Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, Iraq. Their mission on the night of November 10, 2004, was to clear a block of 12 buildings, where it was thought six or more insurgents had taken shelter. A Bradley Fighting Vehicle was supposed to provide fire support, but a malfunction on its 25mm cannon meant the platoon would have to kill or capture the anti-Iraqi forces (AIF) without it.
WHO CONTROLS THE 450,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN?
Governor Abbott, Texas Governor, has sued the Biden Administration...