TheNewYorkTimesbestsellingtrueaccountofJohnChapman,MedalofHonorrecipientandSpecialOpsCombatController,andhisheroicone-manstandduringtheAfghanWar,ashesacrificedhislifetosavethelivesoftwenty-threecomrades-in-arms.InthepredawnhoursofMarch4,2002,justbelowthe10,469-footpeakofamountainineasternAfghanistan,afiercebattleraged.OutnumberedbyAlQaedafighters,AirForceCombatControllerJohnChapmanandahandfulofNavySEALsstruggledtotakethesummitinadesperatebidtofindalostteammate.Chapman,leadingthecharge,wasgravelywoundedintheinitialassault.Believinghewasdead,hisSEALleaderorderedaretreat.Chapmanregainedconsciousnessalone,withtheenemyclosinginonthreesides.JohnChapman’ssubsequentdisplayofincrediblevalor--firstsavingthelivesofhisSEALteammatesandthen,knowinghewasmortallywounded,single-handedlyengagingtwodozenhardenedfighterstosavethelivesofanincomingrescuesquad--posthumouslyearnedhimtheMedalofHonor.ChapmanisthefirstairmaninnearlyfiftyyearstobegiventhedistinctionreservedforAmerica’sgreatestheroes.AloneatDawnisalsoabehind-the-sceneslookattheAirForceCombatControllers:theworld’sdeadliestandmostversatilespecialoperationsforce,whosemembersmustnotonlyexceedthequalificationsofNavySEALandArmyDeltaForceteamsbutalsoactwithsharpdecisivenessanddeftprecision--eveninthefaceoflife-threateningdanger.Drawingfromfirsthandaccounts,classifieddocuments,dramaticvideofootage,andextensiveinterviewswithleadersandsurvivorsoftheoperation,AloneatDawnisthestoryofanextraordinaryman’sbravelaststandandthebrotherhoodthatforgedhim.
