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Silent Warrior: The Biography of Carlos Hathcock
The book I read is called Silent Warrior. It's a biography about the famous marine sniper, Carlos Hathcock. The book takes you from his death bed to the death field in Vietnam, where he earner his title as the best of the best. His 93 confirmed kills and hundreds more unaccounted made him the number one sniper in our history. The book brought out the best of the man that everyone knew as Gunny Hathcock.
Carlos Hathcock was born in 1942 in Arkansas. His father once said that Carlos was only eight when he decided he wanted to be a Marine Sniper. When his parents were still together, his father had gotten a Daisy pump BB gun for his birthday. His parents thought he would only shoot around the house, at the trees or cans. However, Carlos has a more adventurous nature. One day he was running around the neighborhood...
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