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A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War: The SOE and the Canadian Connection
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 5677" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chapman </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John A. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>24th Special Tactics Squadron </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Technical Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th March 2002 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>36 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Saint Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery, Windber, Pennsylvania, USA</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Waco, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.07.1965, Springfield, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Mrs Terry Giaccone</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Valerie Chapman (2 daughters)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17 years service USAF</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>combat controller</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award A.F.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Medal of Honor (2018)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Afghanistan (Op.Anaconda) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-chapman.36730/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/36/36730-1f4ef10880eddfb2528824363275c4be.jpg?1650812888" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-a-chapman.325/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/325-d1123db5dac4a268dcd0807ad51fc1c5.jpg?1591382984" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-chapman-grave.36729/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36729-03fe0709c3456ff14eec704c0a1c30df.jpg?1650812794" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">John Chapman became the first U.S. Air Force Combat Controller to earn the Air Force Cross in any war in history. During the 17-hour engagement called the "Battle of Robert's Ridge," he was one of THREE Airmen awarded the Air Force Cross. Twelve other Airmen received Silver Stars for this action. The battle was so-named because it followed an incident in which Navy Seal Neil Roberts fell from a helicopter as it attempted to land on a mountaintop controlled by al Qaeda fighters, initiating an intense and heroic rescue effort. When his Air Force Cross was upgraded in 2018, he became the first member of the U.S. Air Force to be awarded the Medal of Honor for an action since the end of the Vietnam War.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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