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133 views • August 23, 2018

War Hero Who Died to Save Fellow Servicemen Awarded Medal of Honor

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It was an uphill battle that Air Force Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman fought on March 2, 2002, on a 10,000-foot-high mountain in Afghanistan. His helicopter had been shot down, but he managed to recover from the crash and battled enemy fire to rescue a teammate who had been knocked out of the aircraft on the top of the mountain. On Aug. 22, Chapman was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and sacrifice for his country and his fellow servicemen. “In his high school yearbook, John quoted these words: ‘Give of yourself before taking of someone else.’ … Everybody that knew him said that’s the way he lived,” President Trump said in an award ceremony at the White House. “Today is the day to share his incredible story with the world.” Two years after he graduated Windsor Locks High School in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, in 1983, Chapman enlisted and went through the rigorous Air Force Special Tactics training. After 9/11, he volunteered to go to Afghanistan to fight for his country.
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