 Carlos Hathcock a Marine Sniper
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Anybody ever read about Carlos Hathcock? I just got done reading Marine Sniper. This ole boy was THE MAN! A must read for anybody that likes a Charlie poppin Veitnam book. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock
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Re: Carlos Hathcock a Marine Sniper
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10/08/2008 11:56 AM
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Mandatory reading for us Marines he's THE legend! Up there with Chesty Puller. Carlos is still alive.
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Bingo, your name says it all!! These guys were true Marines! Puller was from my neck of the woods. He is buried in Christchurch Cemetery not 15 minutes from my house. Could you imagine these 2 paired up?
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I think Hathcock passed several years ago.
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10/08/2008 3:10 PM
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Remington made a Marine Scout Sniper Commemorative M40.Here's mine.And yes Carlos Hathcock passed away Febuary 23rd 1999. 
“From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need” Karl Marx/BHO
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10/08/2008 4:01 PM
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A great Marine. There was also a second book written about him, which I've also read. The title escapes me at the moment, but I'll research it.
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10/08/2008 4:23 PM
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I learned a lot about him and his missions while in sniper school.
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Re: Carlos Hathcock a Marine Sniper
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I think Bingo was saying his leagacy still lives on!
93 confirmed kills was the book I read. It was awesome. The man took some mean shots!
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A great Marine. There was also a second book written about him, which I've also read. The title escapes me at the moment, but I'll research it. "Silent Warrior" 
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10/08/2008 7:32 PM
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BINGO
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Jeremy is right. I don't have the gift of for prose.
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the books on carlos hathcock are great, if you guys liked these you might enjoy SHOOTER by jack coughlin in his autobiography he mentions other great snipers like carlos hathcock, lyudmila pavlichenko and chuck mawhinny. its a great book by a great marine.
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Got a chance to meet Carlos in 1990,nice fellow,full of information,and extremely humble for his accomplishments.The author of the book to my knowledge never did give Carlos the money promised from that publication.
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10/09/2008 4:18 AM
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Here's Chuck Mawhinney's M-40 at the USMC Museum at Quantico. 
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I learned a lot about him and his missions while in sniper school. That's where I met him, when and where did you go to school?
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Great shooter and a great guy!
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I learned a lot about him and his missions while in sniper school. That's where I met him, when and where did you go to school? I went to Ft. Benning in 1994.
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I met the gunny at Knob Creek years ago. He was down there signing his book. When I told him I had been a rifle team member at Camp Lejeune and a marksmanship instructor and knew Top Macabee he closed the stand down and we went for a walk. I got to talk with him for about a 1/2 hour. He was very soft spoken and a super nice guy. He took a look at my rifle and told me I should have gotten a .308, lol. He was a real Credit to the Marine Corps and our country.
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