This is the official unveiling of the Memorial Exhibit honoring US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John A. Chapman, Combat Controller, 24th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), inside the Enlisted Heritage Hall (BLDG 1210), Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama (AL). The dignitaries participating in the unveiling are (left to right): Mrs. Valerie Chapman, TSGT Chapmans wife; Madison Chapman, his daughter; Mrs. Terry Giaccone; his mother; and Mr. Ron Brown, Air Force Historian at Pope AFB, North Carolina (NC). TSGT Chapman was killed in the eastern highlands of Afghanistan while rescuing US Navy (USN) SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) Neil Roberts on March 4, 2002. TSGT Chapman was...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: This is the official unveiling of the Memorial Exhibit honoring US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John A. Chapman, Combat Controller, 24th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), inside the Enlisted Heritage Hall (BLDG 1210), Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama (AL). The dignitaries participating in the unveiling are (left to right): Mrs. Valerie Chapman, TSGT Chapmans wife; Madison Chapman, his daughter; Mrs. Terry Giaccone; his mother; and Mr. Ron Brown, Air Force Historian at Pope AFB, North Carolina (NC). TSGT Chapman was killed in the eastern highlands of Afghanistan while rescuing US Navy (USN) SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) Neil Roberts on March 4, 2002. TSGT Chapman was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross for extraordinary heroism in military operations against an armed enemy of the United States.

Base: Gunter Annex, Maxwell Afb

State: Alabama (AL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Melanie Rodgers, CIV, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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