Crosshairs on the Kill Zone: American Combat Snipers, Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Simon and Schuster, 2004 M07 1 - 384 páginas
From the jungles of Vietnam to the unforgiving deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, one breed of soldier has achieved legendary status in the arena of combat—the sniper.

From the authors of the classic sniper chronicle One Shot-One Kill comes a new generation of true tales from some of the most expert and deadly marksmen in the world. Meet Adelbert Waldron II, whose 109 confirmed kills in Vietnam made him the most successful sniper in American military history, and Tom "Moose" Ferran, who coined the term "Fetch!", whereupon the infantry would retrieve the sniper's dead quarry. Also included are stories from snipers in Beirut, the Bosnian conflict, and both wars with Iraq—including the feat of Sergeants Joshua Hamblin and Owen Mulder, who took down thirty-two enemy soldiers in a single day outside Baghdad in 2003.

The military sniper has evolved into one of the most dangerous and highly-skilled warrior professions. They suffer through weather, terrain, and enemy action, lay unmoving for days on end, and take out their targets with unerring accuracy—proving that the deadliest weapon in any battle, anywhere in the world, is a single well-aimed shot.
 

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Foreword
1
Chapter One US Marine Corporal Greg Kraljev Vietnam 1969
5
Chapter Two
11
Chapter Three US Marine Lance Corporal Jim ONeill Vietnam 1968
17
Chapter Four US Marine Sergeant Chuck Mawhinney Vietnam 196870
27
Chapter Five
39
Chapter Six US Marine Lance Corporal Ray Lafon Vietnam 1966
49
Chapter Seven US Marine Corporal Jim Gularte Vietnam 1968
56
Chapter TwentyNine US Marine Lance Corporal Earl Schooley Panama 1989
225
Chapter Thirty US Army Sergeant First Class William Lucas Panama 1989
231
Chapter ThirtyOne US Marine Staff Sergeant Neil Kennedy Morris Camp Pendleton California 1987
235
Chapter ThirtyTwo
238
Chapter ThirtyThree US Marine Corporal Frank Galli Persian Gulf 1988
241
Chapter ThirtyFour
250
Chapter ThirtyFive US Marine Corporal Robert M Full Name Withheld Vietnam 1966
255
Chapter ThirtySix US Marine John R Full Name Withheld Somalia 1993
258

Chapter Eight US Marine Corporal Jim Gularte Vietnam 1968
61
Chapter Nine US Marine Staff Sergeant Carlos N Hathcock II Vietnam 196667
71
Chapter Ten US Marine Corporal Jim Levi Lever Vietnam 196768
85
Chapter Eleven US Marine Corporal Jim Levi Lever Vietnam 1968
89
Chapter Twelve US Marine Corporal Gary Reiter Vietnam 1966
96
Chapter Thirteen US Marine Lance Corporal Tom Moose Ferran Vietnam 1967
103
Chapter Fourteen US Marine Corporal Gary Reiter Vietnam 1967
121
Chapter Fifteen
133
Chapter Sixteen
145
Chapter Seventeen US Marine Corporal Carey Fabian Grenada 1983
148
Chapter Eighteen US Navy SEAL Team Six Grenada 1983
157
Chapter Nineteen
165
Chapter Twenty
172
Chapter TwentyOne US Marine Corporal Frank Roberts Beirut 1983
174
Chapter TwentyTwo US Marine Corporal Tom Rutter Beirut 1983
182
Chapter TwentyThree Lance Corporal Carey Fabian Beirut 1981
193
Chapter TwentyFour US Marine Lance Corporal Carey Fabian Beirut 1983
198
Chapter TwentyFive US Army Sergeant Eric L Haney Delta Force US Army Sergeant Andres Benevides Delta Force Beirut 1983
204
Chapter TwentySix US Marine Sergeant Brian Barber Quantico Virginia 1990
210
Chapter TwentySeven
213
Chapter TwentyEight US Army Lieutenant James H Johnson III Panama 1989
216
Chapter ThirtySeven US Marine Corporal Gary Reiter Vietnam 1967
261
Chapter ThirtyEight US Marine Corporal Greg Kraljev Vietnam 1969
265
Chapter ThirtyNine
271
Chapter Forty
276
Chapter FortyOne US Marine Sergeant Michael Carr Somalia 1994
279
Chapter FortyTwo US Army Master Sergeant Gary Gordon US Army Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart Somalia 1993
286
Chapter FortyThree
295
Chapter FortyFour US Marine Sergeant Marty Williams 19912003
299
Chapter FortyFive
305
Chapter FortySix US Marine Master Sergeant Neil Morris Bosnia 1995
309
Chapter FortySeven US Army Sergeant Andrew Measels US Army Specialist Damian Mackie Bosnia 2003
315
Chapter FortyEight Afghanistan 2002
320
Chapter FortyNine
328
Chapter Fifty US Marine Corporal Timothy A Parkhurst Iraq 1991
331
Chapter FiftyOne US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Robert Reidsma Scout Sniper Instructor School Quantico 2003
337
Chapter FiftyTwo US Marine Sergeant Joshua Hamblin Iraq 2003
341
Afterword
354
A Partial Snipers Vocabulary
357
Photographs
371
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Charles W. Sasser has been a full-time freelance writer, journalist, and photographer since 1979. He is a veteran of both the U.S. Navy (journalist) and U.S. Army (Special Forces, the Green Berets), a combat veteran, and former combat correspondent wounded in action. He also served fourteen years as a police officer (in Miami, Florida, and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was a homicide detective). He is author, co-author, or contributing author of more than thirty books and novels, including One Shot-One Kill and Hill 488. Sasser now lives on a ranch in Chouteau, Oklahoma, with his wife Donna.

Craig Roberts retired from the armed forces in 1999 with thirty years total service. He was awarded ten decorations for his Marine Corps service in Vietnam, where he served as a Marine sniper. He was also a career police officer with the Tulsa, Oklahoma, police department. An internationally published writer, he is the author of Combat Medic-Vietnam and Police Sniper, as well as the co-author of One Shot-One Kill, and The Walking Dead.

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