retreating seals but appeared to fight on alone. the air force, which has not received a medal of honor since vietnam, has been pushing to award chapman the nation s highest medal for valor. we know now from those predator feeds that john chapman was not dead. he got back up. he kept fighting. he killed additional enemy forces. for years former air force secretary debra james pushed for chapman s air force cross to be upgraded. he paved the way for a safe the safe entry of the reinforcing forces that were coming in to follow-onto the battle. new evidence, the result of improved technology and analysis of images fed back from a drone flying above the attack site suggest that chapman fought on for more than an hour after the seals left him. the air force does not blame team leader brit slovenski. i think he did his absolute level best on the worst day of his life.