Marine veteran and actor Adam Driver will portray Air Force combat controller John Chapman in a movie based on the battle in Afghanistan that earned him the Medal of Honor. Chapman died as he fought alone for hours on a mountain top in Afghanistan early in that war, drawing fire on himself as a vulnerable helicopter approached carrying a team of Army Rangers.

Longtime director Ron Howard is set to direct the film, which is reportedly to be called “Alone at Dawn.” Howard has directed dozens of movies, including Apollo 13 and The Da Vinci Code, Deadline reported

The movie will be based on the book of the same name about Chapman written by Air Force veteran Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz, Chapman’s sister. Schilling was a Special Tactics Officer, the job title for officers who tra

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