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Marine Sniper

93 Confirmed Kills

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 There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is his story. Powerful, chilling, and all true.©2001 Charles Henderson (P)2005 Books in Motion Americas Military Military & War United States Vietnam War War Sniper Air Force

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"Highly readable." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Well I loved the story for it was true, real and passionate. The narration was excellent. It’s not often that you get a 5 star review from me but this one earned it.

Superb Story

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Fantastic
Read this book many times.
Then I lost my copy,
So thought I would try this
Version, glad I discovered it.

Great reading

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This book is all about Americas top sniper in Vietnam. It claims his record remains unmatched, which is if course not true, although it probably was at the time of writing.

The story was pretty good, but the narrator definitely let it down, as is all too often the case. His impressions of various voices deserves a solid 5, but when "the enemy was just feet away from me..." you need to emphasize the fear, it's not the same as "so I was looking up a phone number last week.."

The book starts with a very interesting quote I've heard before in veterans books, describing how taking the lives of the enemy becomes addictive. while this is thankfully difficult for most of us to understand, it no doubt begins to describe marine Sgt Hathcock later stages of this book.

There are also various EXTREMELY graphic descriptions of war, and the things people do to their enemy in such a situation, contained within this book, things that 9/10 such books spare in detail. While it's horrible, it certainly adds to authenticity.

the reason I've only given it 3 stars, aside from the narration, is it feels hollow, and like so much was missing, at various times the story skips out weeks or months, which often contains crucial thoughts and experiences (what happened on the freedom bird for example?)

Wow that last mission was TENSE!

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This is an inspiring story of dedication to the Marine corps, his brothers and not just survive but too live!!

The man the mission the essence of his life!!

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Very good book but the narrator was so boring and his female voice is such a no no Spoiled a very good book.

Wish I had read it properly!!!!!

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