Authors: Charles Henderson, E. J. Land
ISBN-13: 9780425181652, ISBN-10: 0425181650
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: October 2001
Edition: Reissue
Charles W. Henderson is a veteran of more than 23 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, with a distinguished career spanning from Vietnam to the Gulf War, after which he retired as a Chief Warrant Officer.
The sniper is the big-game hunter of the battlefield, and he needs all of the skills of a woodsman, marksman, hunter, and poacher. He must possess the field craft to be able to position himself for a killing shot, and he must be able to effectively place a single bullet into his intended target. Gunnery Sergeant Hathcock was able to do all of these things. 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.
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Foreword | xi | |
Preface | xv | |
1. | Duc Pho Shooting Gallery | 1 |
2. | The Nature of Things | 28 |
3. | Elephant Valley | 37 |
4. | The Best Shot in America | 52 |
5. | Elephant Valley Roundup | 65 |
6. | In the Beginning ... | 77 |
7. | The Apache | 89 |
8. | A Nightmare's Witness | 103 |
9. | Sign of the Sniper | 112 |
10. | Rio Blanco and the Frenchman | 129 |
11. | Sniper on the Loose | 149 |
12. | Nguyan Stalks the Hill | 166 |
13. | Sniper Counter Sniper | 181 |
14. | Stalking the General | 202 |
15. | Saying Good-bye | 221 |
16. | Return to Vietnam | 231 |
17. | The Tribe | 237 |
18. | The Sacrifice | 263 |
19. | Beating the Odds | 281 |
20. | The Legend and the Man | 293 |
Bibliography | 310 |