Top SEAL Leader Tried to Bury Chapman’s Heroism, Insider Alleges
Air Force analyst Frank Dailey breaks his silence, accusing Navy SEAL leaders of distorting the Battle of Takur Ghar and sidelining Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman.
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More than two decades after a bitter and bloody battle on a snowy Afghan mountaintop, another insider has come forward to pull back the curtain on what he claims was an orchestrated campaign by members of the Navy SEAL community to suppress the full story of Air Force Technical Sergeant John Chapman’s heroism — and to thwart his posthumous Medal of Honor.
Frank Dailey, an Air Force intelligence analyst who was instrumental in the campaign to award Chapman with the Medal of Honor, broke his silence last week, publicly accusing senior Naval Special Warfare figures of manipulating narratives, intimidating fellow service members, and influencing military commendation decisions in the wake of t…