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Topic: Marine Sniper- Carlos Hathcock
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claimbuster
Knows what it's all about
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posted March 06, 2008 08:54 PM
I have been reading Carlos Hathcock books for several years now, and never loose my fascination.
When I was a kid I wanted to be Roy Rogers, now that I'm an old fart I wish I could have been Carlos Hathcock!
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csmithers
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posted March 09, 2008 11:46 AM
When I was a youngin'(still am I guess) I started reading about Vietnam and Special Forces. Something about the jungle and the type of warfare that was encountered there intrigues the hell out of me.
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Lonny
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posted March 09, 2008 01:33 PM
Smithers have you read "Shooter" about marine sniper Jack Couglin in Iraq?
I agree about the intrigue factor. Simply amazing what a guy like Hatchcock could do with a rifle and have nerves of steel in tense situations. The youtube interview was the first time I've ever heard Hatchcock speak despite reading most everything I could get my hands on about his experiences in in Vietnam. Thanks for posting it.
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csmithers
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posted March 09, 2008 02:38 PM
No Lonny I have not. I have heard about him and the book but have not read, yet. I also heard The movie SHOOTER was loosely based on his abilities or something to that affect:)
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Cdog911
"There are some ideas so absurd only an intellectual could believe them."--George Orwell.
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posted March 09, 2008 02:40 PM
That book, Shooter, is a good one. Very enlightening.
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CrossJ
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posted March 09, 2008 04:54 PM
The book "shooter" is not the same as the movie by that title. The movie "shooter" was based on the book 'Point of Impact' by Stephen Hunter.
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Jrbhunter
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posted March 09, 2008 05:37 PM
Damnit Geordie, you Yankee, the dumb farmboy almost got a literature question right and you buzzed in first.
I'll take Steel Fabrication for $800 Alex.
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duckndawg
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posted March 09, 2008 05:38 PM
I read "one shot one kill" from cover to cover one night years ago and thought it to be a hell of a book!!
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