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United States Marine Corps Sniper

Carlos Hathcock
Hathcock in November 1996
Birth proper name	Carlos Norman Hathcock Ii
Nickname(s)	"White Feather"[ane]
Born	(1942-05-twenty)May 20, 1942 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	February 22, 1999(1999-02-22) (aged 56) Virginia Embankment, Virginia, U.S.
Buried	Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
Fidelity	United states of america of America
Service/branch	The states Marine Corps
Years of service	1959–1979
Rank	Gunnery sergeant
Unit of measurement	1st Marine Segmentation
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Silver Star Navy Commendation Medal Purple Centre
Spouse(s)	Josephine Bryan (née Broughton) Hathcock ​ ​ (m. )​
Children	Carlos Norman Hathcock III

Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a U.s.a. Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock'southward record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a fable in the U.Due south. Marine Corps. He was honored by having a burglarize named afterwards him: a variant of the M21 dubbed the Springfield Armory M25 White Feather, for the nickname "White Feather" given to Hathcock past the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

Early life and education [edit]

Hathcock was born in Fiddling Rock, Arkansas, on May twenty, 1942. He grew upwardly in Wynne, Arkansas, living with his grandmother for the offset 12 years of his life later his parents separated. While visiting relatives in Mississippi, he took to shooting and hunting at an early age, partly out of necessity to help feed his poor family unit. He would go into the woods with his dog and pretend to be a soldier and hunt imaginary Japanese soldiers with the old Mauser his father, Carlos Norman Hathcock (1919–1985), brought back from Earth War II. He hunted at that early age with a .22-caliber J. C. Higgins single-shot rifle. Hathcock dreamed of being a Marine throughout his childhood, and and then on May xx, 1959, at the historic period of 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps.^[ii] Hathcock married Josephine Bryan "Jo" (née Broughton; 1930–2016) on the date of the Marine Corps birthday, Nov 10, 1962.^[2] Jo gave birth to a son, whom they named Carlos Norman Hathcock III.

Career [edit]

Before deploying to Due south Vietnam, Hathcock had won shooting championships, including matches at Camp Perry and the Wimbledon Cup. In 1966, Hathcock started his deployment in the Vietnam War every bit a armed forces policeman and later became a sniper after Captain Edward James Country pushed the Marines into raising snipers in every platoon. Land afterwards recruited Marines who had set their own records in sharpshooting; he quickly institute Hathcock, who had won the Wimbledon Cup, the well-nigh prestigious prize for long-range shooting, at Campsite Perry in 1965.^[three]

Confirmed kills [edit]

During the Vietnam State of war, Hathcock had 93 confirmed kills of PAVN and Viet Cong personnel.^[4] In the Vietnam War, kills had to be confirmed by a third party, who had to be an officeholder, beside the sniper'southward spotter. Snipers often did non take a third party present, making confirmation difficult, particularly if the target was behind enemy lines, as was commonly the example. Hathcock himself estimated that he had killed between 300 and 400 enemy personnel during the Vietnam War.^[five]

Confrontations with N Vietnamese snipers [edit]

The PAVN placed a bounty of United states$xxx,000 on Hathcock's life for killing so many of their men. Rewards put on U.S. snipers past the PAVN typically ranged from $8 to $2,000. Hathcock held the record for highest bounty and killed every known Vietnamese marksman who sought him to try to collect it.^[6] The Viet Cong and PAVN called Hathcock Lông Trắng, translated as "White Plume", considering of the white feather he kept in a band on his bush-league hat.^{[7] [8] [9]} Later on a platoon of Vietnamese snipers was sent to hunt down "White Feather", many Marines in the same expanse donned white feathers to deceive the enemy. These Marines were aware of the impact Hathcock's death would take and took it upon themselves to make themselves targets in gild to misfile the counter-snipers.^[ten]

1 of Hathcock's near famous accomplishments was shooting an enemy sniper through the enemy'southward own rifle scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.^[15] Hathcock and John Roland Burke, his lookout man, were stalking the enemy sniper in the jungle near Hill 55, the firebase from which Hathcock was operating, southwest of Da Nang. The sniper, known just equally the "Cobra," had already killed several Marines and was believed to have been sent specifically to kill Hathcock.^[ten] When Hathcock saw a glint (calorie-free reflecting off the enemy sniper'due south scope) in the bushes, he fired at it, shooting through the scope and killing the sniper. Hathcock took possession of the expressionless sniper'south rifle, hoping to bring it dwelling house every bit a "bays", just after he turned it in and tagged it, information technology was stolen from the armory.^[16]

A female Viet Cong platoon leader chosen "the Apache adult female," with a reputation for torturing convict U.Due south. Marines, was killed by Hathcock around the firebase at Colina 55.^[17]

Hathcock only in one case removed the white feather from his bush chapeau while deployed in Vietnam.^[xviii] During a volunteer mission days earlier the end of his first deployment, he crawled over 1,500 yards of field to shoot a PAVN general.^{[ who? ] [nineteen] [twenty]} He was not informed of the details of the mission until he accepted it.^{[21] [ failed verification ]} This endeavor took iv days and 3 nights without slumber and with constant inch-past-inch crawling.^[20] Hathcock said he was nigh stepped on equally he lay camouflaged with grass and vegetation in a meadow presently subsequently sunset.^[2] At one point he was nearly bitten past a bamboo viper, just had the presence of mind to avoid moving and giving up his position.^[20] Equally the general exited his encampment, Hathcock fired a unmarried shot that struck the general in the breast, killing him.^{[22] [23] [24] [25] [ self-published source ]}

After this mission, Hathcock returned to the United States in 1967.^{[21] [20]} He missed the Marine Corps, however, and returned to Vietnam in 1969, where he took command of a platoon of snipers.^[10]

Medical evacuation [edit]

On September 16, 1969, Hathcock's career as a sniper came to a sudden stop forth Highway 1, north of LZ Baldy, when the LVT-5 he was riding on struck an anti-tank mine. Hathcock pulled seven Marines from the flame-engulfed vehicle, suffering astringent burns (some third-degree) to his face up, arms, and legs, earlier someone pulled him away and placed him in water considering he was unaware of how badly he had been burnt. While recovering, Hathcock received the Purple Heart. Nearly xxx years afterwards, he received a Silver Star for this action.^[28] Hathcock and the seven marines he pulled from the vehicle were evacuated by helicopter to hospital send USSRepose, then to a naval hospital in Tokyo, and ultimately to the burn down center at Brooke Ground forces Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Afterward the Vietnam War [edit]

After returning to active duty, Hathcock helped establish the Marine Corps Sentinel Sniper School at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia. Due to the extreme injuries he suffered in Vietnam, he was in nearly constant pain, merely connected to dedicate himself to teaching snipers. In 1975, Hathcock'south health began to deteriorate, and he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He stayed in the Marine Corps, but his wellness continued to decline. But 55 days short of the 20 years that would have made him eligible for regular retirement pay, he received a permanent disability separation. Being medically discharged, he received 100 percent disability pay.^[29] He would take received only 50 pct of his final pay course had he retired after 20 years. He roughshod into a land of depression when he was forced out of the Marines because he felt every bit if the service had kicked him out. During this low, his wife Jo nearly left him merely decided to stay. Hathcock eventually picked up the hobby of shark line-fishing, which helped him to overcome his depression.^[30]

Hathcock provided sniper instruction to constabulary departments and select war machine units, such as SEAL Team Six.^[31]

Later life and expiry [edit]

Hathcock once said that he survived in his work because of an power to "get in the bubble", to put himself into a land of "utter, complete, absolute concentration", first with his equipment, then his environment, in which every cakewalk and every leaf meant something, and finally on his quarry.^[32] Afterwards the state of war, a friend showed Hathcock a passage written past Ernest Hemingway: "Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of human being, and those who take hunted armed men long enough and similar it, never really care for anything else thereafter." He copied Hemingway's words on a piece of newspaper. "He got that correct," Hathcock said. "Information technology was the chase, not the killing."^[18] Hathcock said in a book written about his career equally a sniper: "I like shooting, and I love hunting. Only I never did enjoy killing anybody. Information technology's my task. If I don't get those bastards, then they're gonna kill a lot of these kids dressed upwardly like Marines. That's the style I look at it."^[33]

Hathcock's son, Carlos Hathcock III, later enlisted in the U.South. Marine Corps;^[34] he retired from the Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant afterward following in his father's footsteps as a shooter and became a member of the Board of Governors of the Marine Corps Distinguished Shooters Association.^[35]

Hathcock died on February 22, 1999, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, aged 56, from complications resulting from multiple sclerosis.^[36] He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia.

Awards and decorations [edit]

Hathcock'south awards include:^[37]

1st row	Silverish Star
2nd row	Regal Eye				Navy Commendation Medal				Navy Achievement Medal with "Five" device
3rd row	Gainsay Activeness Ribbon				Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation with ane Service star				Marine Corps Proficient Acquit Medal with 1 Silver star (v awards)
fourth row	National Defence Service Medal				Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Entrada stars				Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Gold star
5th row	Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm and frame				Vietnam Civil Actions Medal with palm and frame				Vietnam Campaign Medal with 1960- device
Badges	Marine Corps Rifle Practiced Marksmanship Badge						Marine Corps Pistol Practiced Marksmanship Bluecoat

Silver Star citation [edit]

Citation:

The President of the United states of America takes pleasance in presenting the Argent Star to Staff Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock, Two (MCSN: 1873109), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving every bit a Sniper, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division, in connection with military operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on xvi September 1969. Staff Sergeant Hathcock was riding on an Assault Amphibious Vehicle which ran over and detonated an enemy anti-tank mine, disabling the vehicle which was immediately engulfed in flames. He and other Marines who were riding on height of the vehicle were sprayed with flaming gasoline caused past the explosion. Although suffering from severe burns to his face, body, and artillery and legs, Staff Sergeant Hathcock assisted the injured Marines in exiting the burning vehicle and moving to a place of relative safety. With complete disregard for his own safety and while suffering excruciating pain from his burns, he bravely ran back through the flames and exploding ammunition to ensure that no Marines had been left behind in the burning vehicle. His heroic actions were instrumental in saving the lives of several Marines. By his backbone, aggressive leadership, and total devotion to duty in the face up of extreme personal danger, Staff Sergeant Hathcock reflected bully credit upon himself and the Marine Corps and upheld the highest traditions of the United states Naval Service.^[27]

Legacy [edit]

Hathcock remains a fable in the U.S. Marine Corps. The Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock Award is presented annually by the National Defense Industrial Association "to recognize an individual who ... has made significant contributions in operational employment and tactics of small arms weapons systems which have impacted the readiness and capabilities of the U.S. military machine or law enforcement."^[38] The Marine Corps League (MCL) sponsors an annual plan with 12 honour categories, which includes the Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock II Award presented "to an enlisted Marine who has fabricated an outstanding contribution to the improvement of marksmanship grooming."^{[39] [40]} A sniper range named for Hathcock is at Campsite Lejeune, North Carolina.

In 1967, Hathcock gear up the record for the longest sniper kill. He used an M2 .fifty Cal Browning machine gun mounted with a telescopic sight at a range of 2,500 yd (ii,286 m), killing a Vietcong guerrilla.^[41] In 2002, this record was broken by Canadian snipers (Rob Furlong and Arron Perry) from the 3rd battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during the War in Afghanistan. Hathcock was i of several individuals to employ the M2 Browning automobile gun in the sniping role. This success led to the adoption of the .50 BMG cartridge as a viable sniper round. Springfield Armory designed a highly accurized version of their M1A Supermatch burglarize with a McMillan Stock and match grade barrel and dubbed information technology the "M-25 White Plume". The rifle had a likeness of Hathcock'due south signature and his "white feather logo" marked on the receiver.^[42] Turner Saddlery similarly honored Hathcock past producing a line of leather rifle slings based on his blueprint. The slings are embossed with Hathcock's signature.^[43] On March 9, 2007, the rifle and pistol complex at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar was officially renamed the Carlos Hathcock Range Circuitous.^[44]

Books [edit]

Hathcock is the subject field of a number of books including:

• Henderson, Charles West. (1986). Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills. Stein and Twenty-four hour period. ISBN0-8128-3055-v.
  • reissued equally a paperback in 1988, ISBN 0-425-10355-two, OCLC 45427612
  • reprinted 2001, ISBN 978-0-425-18165-2
• Sasser, Charles; Roberts, Craig (1990). One Shot, One Kill. Pocket Books. ISBN978-0-671-68219-iv.
• Chandler, Roy F. (1997). White Plume: Carlos Hathcock USMC scout sniper: an authorized biographical memoir. Iron Brigade Arsenal Publishing. ISBN978-1-885633-09-5.
• Henderson, Charles Due west. (2003). Silent Warrior. Berkley Books. ISBN978-0-425-18864-4.

Weaponry [edit]

Hathcock generally used the standard sniper rifle: the Winchester Model 70 .thirty-06 caliber rifle with the standard viii-power Unertl scope. On some occasions, however, he used a dissimilar weapon: the M2 Browning machine gun, on which he mounted an 8X Unertl telescopic, using a bracket made by SW's of the SeaBees. Hathcock fabricated a number of kills with this weapon in backlog of 1,000 yards, including his tape for the longest confirmed kill at 2,500 yards (since surpassed).^[45] Hathcock carried a Filly M1911A1 pistol as a sidearm.^[17]

In popular civilisation [edit]

Hathcock's career as a sniper has been used as a basis for a variety of fictional snipers, from the "shooting through the telescopic incident" to the number of kills he made.

Movie [edit]

• The H2 documentary, Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (March 10, 2015), depicted a sniper team that successfully reenacted the "through the telescopic" shot.
• The 1993 film Sniper, starring Tom Berenger & Baton Zane, was loosely based on Hathcock's first Vietnam tour. Scenes include the "through the scope" shot, likewise as the assassination of the General.^[46]

Television [edit]

• The Discovery Channel series MythBusters tested the question of shooting another sniper through their riflescope. Episode 67, entitled "Firearms Folklore" (November 29, 2006) featured the examination: "Tin a bullet travel through a sniper's scope and impale him?". Using a police manufacture standard SWAT sniper rifle and standard police force match ammunition, the MythBusters fired several shots at a scoped burglarize mounted on a ballistics gel dummy. The bullet was unable to hitting the dummy: it was either stopped or deflected by the multiple layers of lenses in the scope, leaving the dummy relatively unharmed. Without whatever clear bear witness that a bullet can penetrate a sniper scope, the MythBusters decided to label the myth as "disrepair".^[47] Only, due to much debate past viewers, it was revisited in episode 75. Using a period-accurate scope (this story originates from reports of Carlos Hathcock in the Vietnam War, and the scope used past Hathcock's opponent did non have the numerous internal optical elements of the scopes tested), it was found to be plausible.^[48]
• Hathcock was mentioned in the NCIS episode "One Shot, One Kill", when a white plumage was constitute at two crime scenes where the victims were shot and killed by a sniper. The series protagonist, Special Amanuensis Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a one-time Marine sentry sniper, realized the significance of the feather equally the perpetrator'southward "calling bill of fare", referencing Hathcock'south nickname during the Vietnam State of war ("White Feather Sniper"). He credits Hathcock with "39 confirmed kills", patently having transposed the digits of Hathcock's actual 93 confirmed kills.^[49]
• Hathcock'south duel with Cobra was mentioned in the History Channel Sniper - Inside The Crosshairs in 2016. As in Mythbusters, this show likewise tested the question of whether shooting a sniper through his scope was possible and came to the decision that it was highly plausible after four shots by a modern Marine sniper.^[50]

Run into too [edit]

• Jack Coughlin, a retired Marine sniper with over 60 confirmed kills whose service includes Iraq and Somalia
• Richard O. Culver Jr. — worked with Land in establishing the first Marine Corps Watch Sniper Schoolhouse; Hathcock was Culver's Senior NCO at the school.
• Eric R. England, holds the second highest number of confirmed kills (98) for any United States Marine Corps sniper
• Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who holds the current record for the nearly confirmed kills in American armed forces history, with 160 kills in the Republic of iraq War, acknowledges Hathcock on page 200 of his book American Sniper
• Edward James Land — established starting time Marine Corps Scout Sniper schoolhouse at Quantico, VA
• Chuck Mawhinney, who holds the highest number of confirmed kills (103) for whatsoever United states of america Marine Corps sniper in history
• Adelbert Waldron, who held the record for the most confirmed kills in American military history, with 109 kills in Vietnam
• Longest recorded sniper kills
• List of historically notable United states of america Marines

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1. ^ van Zwoll, Wayne (December 6, 2013). Mastering the Fine art of Long-Range Shooting. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media. p. 214. ISBN978-one-4402-3485-ix. Hathcock was called Long Trang by the NVA:"White Plumage"
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4. ^ Kennedy, Harold (March 2003). "Marine Corps Sets Sights on More Precise Shooting". National Defense Magazine. Archived from the original on January xxx, 2007. Retrieved March thirty, 2007. Founded in 1977, the schoolhouse'due south outset staff NCOIC was the famed sniper, Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock Two, who was credited with 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam.
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14. ^ Sasser & Roberts 1990, p. ane "Both lenses of the enemy'south sniper scope, front and back, were shattered. Information technology was obvious what happened. My bullet smashed through his scope and into his correct eye."
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Sources and farther reading [edit]

• Chandler, Roy F. (1997). White plumage: Carlos Hathcock USMC scout sniper: an authorized biographical memoir (1997 ed.). Iron Brigade Armory Publishing. ISBN978-1-885633-09-5.
• Dockery, Kevin (2007). Stalkers and Shooters: A History of Snipers. Penguin. pp. 150–153. ISBN978-0-425-21542-v.
• Dougan, Andy (2006). Through the Crosshairs: A History of Snipers (2006 ed.). Da Capo Press. ISBN978-0-7867-1773-6.
• Henderson, Charles (2001). Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills. Penguin. ISBN978-0-425-18165-two.
• Henderson, Charles West. (2003). Silent Warrior (2003 ed.). Berkley Books. ISBN978-0-425-18864-4.
• Mann, Don (2011). Inside SEAL Squad 6: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors . Fiddling, Brownish and Visitor. ISBN978-0-316-20429-3.
• Sasser, Charles; Roberts, Craig (1990). One Shot, One Impale (1990 ed.). Pocket Books. ISBN978-0-671-68219-four.
• Roberts, Craig; Sasser, Charles Due west. (2004). Crosshairs on the Kill Zone: American Combat Snipers, Vietnam Through Operation Iraqi Liberty. Simon and Schuster. ISBN978-1-4165-0362-0.
• Senich, Peter R. (1996). The one-round war: USMC scout-snipers in Vietnam (1996 ed.). Paladin Press. ISBN978-0-87364-867-7.
• Kyle, Chris; McEwan, Scott; DeFelice, Jim (2012). American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.Due south. War machine History. Harper Collins. ISBN978-0-06-208235-0.

External links [edit]

• Marine Corps Sniper Carlos North. Hathcock, Marine Corps Heroes.
• Carlos Hathcock, Sniper Key.
• Vietnam: NVA General Sniper Takeout documentary by The History Channel.

Records
Preceded past Billy Dixon	Longest confirmed gainsay sniper-shot impale 1967–2002 2,286 one thousand (2,500 yd/one.420 mi) Browning M2 w/.l BMG	Succeeded by Arron Perry

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