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Posted by smithers (Member # 646) on March 05, 2008, 08:06 AM:
I am currently reading Marine Sniper about Carlos Hathcock and found these interviews with him. Great read and interview.
Also, at the same time I am reading The Tunnels of Cu Chi about the Tunnel Rats in Vietnam. Also a fascinating book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJONj95so4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiReoU_Edo4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmg9VHjlx1M&feature=related
[ March 05, 2008, 08:09 AM: Message edited by: smithers ]
Posted by claimbuster (Member # 904) on 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!
Posted by smithers (Member # 646) on 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.
Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on 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.
Posted by smithers (Member # 646) on 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:)
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on March 09, 2008, 02:40 PM:
That book, Shooter, is a good one. Very enlightening.
Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on 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.
Posted by Jrbhunter (Member # 459) on 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.
Posted by duckndawg (Member # 829) on 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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