Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot peak of a mountain in Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of SEALs struggled to take the summit in a desperate bid to find a lost teammate. Chapman, leading the charge, was gravely wounded in the initial assault. Believing he was dead, his SEAL leader ordered a retreat. Chapman regained consciousness, finding himself alone with the enemy who was closing in on three sides. Thus began the most difficult and exceptional fight of his life.<br> <br> <br> <br> For the U.S., the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda" target="_blank">Operation Anaconda</a>. We lost 7 men there at Takur Ghar, including <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Takur_Ghar" target="_blank">Jason Cunningham and Neil Roberts.</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On August 22, 2018, Pres Trump posthumously awarded the medal of honor to John Chapman. My guest today, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.danschillingbooks.com/" target="_blank">Dan Schilling</a>, has written a book, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.danschillingbooks.com/books" target="_blank">Alone at Dawn</a>, to capture the life and legacy of this American Hero. <br> <br> <br> <br> Although the book doesn’t come out until June, I loved getting an inside scoop on Chapman’s life leading up to his final mission and how Dan became involved. <br> <br> <br> <br> We also talk about his extreme sports and why he set a Guinness World Record for 201 BASE jumps in 24 hours. <br> <br> <br> <br> Pre-order <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-schilling/alone-at-dawn/9781538729656/" target="_blank">Alone at Dawn here</a> plus check out Dan’s other books.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/08/09/video-shows-final-heroic-moments-earned-john-chapman-medal-honor.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch drone footage of Chapman’s incredibly heroic final stand here. </a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Copyright 2019 Thad Forester<br>http://<a href="http://www.patriottothecore.com/">www.patriottothecore.com<br></a>email questions to <a href="mailto:thad@patriottothecore.com">thad@patriottothecore.com</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="mailto:thad@patriottothecore.com"></a>Rock Tune by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>) Artist: <a href="http://audionautix.com/">http://audionautix.com/</a><br> <br> <br> <br>
