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I wouldn't want this guy shooting at me
jltrent
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Chuck Mawhinney, deadliest sniper in US Marine Corps history, dies at 75
Chuck Mawhinney, deadliest sniper in US Marine Corps history, dies at 75 (msn.com)
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I read that earlier
I never heard of him but I don't follow such things
But it did say he never talker much or braged about his time
Thank you sir for your service
What's the odds they will make a movie now about him
Yeah, no kiddin'! Seems like he didn't miss much.
Only missed once when the armourer messed with his rifle 🙄
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
I got to spend a week in a F.S. fire camp with Mr. Mahwinney in 1996 IIRC. He was a real nice guy and never mentioned his service. I ran into him a few times after that and enjoyed what little time I spent with him I was dumbfounded when I learned of his previous line of work.
Rest in Peace, Chuck, and thank you for your service.
I don't want anyone shooting at me. Don
Looks like Ed Eaton lost a friend.
Chuck made a heap of hamburgers at a river crossing, 16 head shots in 30 seconds. He was mentioned in the book "Dear Mom; A Sniper's Vietnam". And there was the bit in the History Channel when they actually showed history on that channel about that river crossing.
Now Ed is also an interesting read. "Mekong Mud Dogs". He also had his version of the river crossing. He held off a company (maybe a battalion?) of NVAs from a downed helicopter.
not even Ken????? as long as you take your fig leaf off you should be good.......
Heck, Don, after a while you get used to it.
1st no way I could even imagine what its like have some one or many shooting at me
just my story over the years , several + Vietnam vets ( i worked with a lot of veterans from various wars over the years ) told me after a short time you realize no matter what you do if your time is up, its up
so you get to realize its mostly completely random the guy next to you or behind you gets hit no rhyme or reason why not you so you get a little more cant say brave but face you can not control it
so you just get in a mind set do my duty and put the thought in the back of your mind of course still being as careful but not let it take over your mind realizing any day it could be you and just face it each day
I hope that made some sense I am sure all of you who had 1st hand experience can relate.
and the rest of us owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of you served
Rocky being in a plane and no where to go or hide just in the open like a duck with countless people shooting at you
all the pilots and crew you are a special group
@ yoshmyster I do remember seeing theat on the history channel a few times in different documentary's I did not remember it was him
After every mission, we debriefed with the intel guy. One of the series of questions was about ground fire. We had to report the number of shooters, types of weapons, and an estimate of how many rounds were fired at us.
For a while, I kept a running total. Three months into my 11 month tour, I quit counting at over half a million rounds fired at me. Everything from crossbows (honest) to a surface-air missile. Never got a scratch, although my plane did collect a few holes.
Muzzle flashes look like blinking white stars. Short bursts were SKS and long ones were AKs. Big slow blinks were heavy MGs. Tracers came in both red and green. The Russian 23mm guns used yellow tracers and fired so fast that we called it "The Golden Hose." Big 37mm AA guns shot what looked like red tennis balls. Fortunately, I dealt with small arms 99% of the time.
After a few hundred missions, you got so accustomed to it that you almost regretted not seeing it.