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In one of the most harrowing engagements of operation enduring freedom, john was part of a highly trained team on a combat mission to establish a secure position on the peak of a mountain. in the early morning of march 4th, 2002, john and his teammates were preparing to land onto the mountain when their helicopter was struck by heavy machine gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade. they were under serious attack. as the helicopter lurched away, petty officer first class neil roberts was flung out of the aircraft and onto the top of the mountain. as the helicopter crash landed into the valley be...

Souza, john's friend and combat control teammate, who is still recovering from a recent severe injury. jack, thank you for your noble service. thank you very much, we appreciate it. thank you. thank you, jack. appreciate it. it looks like you're doing well. doing well? good. thank you, jack. finally, we salute the five congressional medal of honor recipients who join us. woody williams, harvey barnham, edward byers, brian thacker and britt slabinski. please stand. please. brave people. three months ago i awarded the medal of honor to britt for his

Blessings of all are the patriots like john and all of you that just stood and frankly many of the people in this room. i exclude myself and a few of the politicians. who like john carry our freedom on their shoulders, march into the face of evil, and fight to their very last breath so that we can live in freedom and safety and peace. now it is my privilege to ask valerie to join me on stage to accept the congressional medal of honor on behalf of the hero she loved and the hero our nation will forever remember, technical sergeant john chapman. thank you. please. please, valerie. thank you. wou...

They landed into a deep snow and heavy machine gunfire coming from three different directions. couldn't even see, so many bullets. at over 10,000 feet, they fought the enemy at the highest altitude of any battle in the history of the american military. john chapman was the first to charge up the mountain toward the enemy. he killed two terrorists and cleared out the first bunker. john left the safety of the first bunker to fire a second enemy grenade at another bunker. as john fired on the second bunker, he was shot and fell to the ground and lost consciousness. even though he was mortally wou...

Deploying undetected onto the battlefield to set up airfields and direct fire support. now john will become the first special tactics airman to receive the congressional medal of honor. john met valerie in winber, pennsylvania, while training with the army. that was a big day. good day, right? they married in 1992 and soon their love grew into a beautiful family. whenever john was home, he immediately took on dad duty, reading to the girls, playing with them and even building an amazing swing set. do you remember that? that's a long time ago, swing set. soon after the terror attacks of septemb...