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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schilling, Dan, author. | Longfritz, Lori Chapman, author.
Title: Alone at dawn : Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the untold
story of the world's deadliest special operations force / Dan Schilling &
Lori Chapman Longfritz.
Other titles: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the untold story of
the world's deadliest special operations force
Description: First edition. | New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2019] |
Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019000376| ISBN 9781538729656 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781538729670 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Chapman, John Allan, 1965–2002. | Afghan War, 2001—Aerial
operations, American. | United States. Air Force—Combat
controllers—Biography. | Takur Ghar, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2002. |
Special forces (Military science)—United States—Biography. | United
States Air Force—Commando troops—History. | Afghan War, 2003—Campaigns.
Classification: LCC DS371.412 .S35 2019 | DDC 958.104/742—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019000376

ISBN: 978-1-5387-2965-6 (hardcover), 978-1-5387-2967-0 (ebook)

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