Hit the link. This is an amazing story. President Trump awarded the MOH to his family a couple of days ago. It was for action in Afghanistan in 2002.
New Details Reveal Airman John Chapman's Heroism at Roberts Ridge
Shot several times already, Chapman attempted to halt the al-Qaida forces' assault on an incoming MH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying U.S. special operators.
He no longer had the cover of night, and exposed himself to the enemy as he ran. Dashing out to the ridge line in five-foot-deep snow, Chapman fired at the enemy fighters who were loading rocket-propelled grenades, helping additional American forces to enter the landing zone.
It would be his final bold act before two shots from a large-caliber machine gun cut through his torso, one destroying his aorta and killing him instantly.
But this, Chapman's final fight, occurred well after the special tactics airman had already been presumed dead.
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