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The sniper : the untold story of the Marine Corps' greatest marksman of all time / Jim Lindsay ; foreword by Chuck Mawhinney.
Van Pelt Library DS558.4 .M3945 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindsay, Jim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mawhinney, Chuck, 1949-.
- Mawhinney, Chuck.
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 5th. Sniper Platoon--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 5th. Sniper Platoon.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Military campaigns.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Untold story of the Marine Corps' greatest marksman of all time
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the story of the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, who served in the Vietnam war at age 18-written with his full cooperation and participation. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills (and the second most of any US service member in history), having recorded 103 confirmed kills in 16 months during the Vietnam War. He was also the youngest-killing the enemy as a teenager. In 1967, at the age of 18, Mawhinney joined the Marines and began his assent from recruit to the Marine Corps' deadliest sniper. During his tours-in one of the most dangerous war zones of Vietnam-his character and charisma helped him deal with life and death in a hell hole with other young men a long way from home. After Vietnam, Mawhinney married and settled into his post-war life, raised a family, and was content that no one knew of his accomplishments in war. Then in 1991 he was startled and dismayed when outed by a fellow Marine sniper, Joseph Ward, who spoke of Mawhinney's number of kills in his book, Dear Mom. Newspapers picked up the story and Mawhinney's life changed forever. The notoriety troubled him at first, but then he accepted the fame and used the opportunity to train service men and lawmen in the art of long-distance shooting. At last, Chuck's full story is told, including his heroic exploits in battle and the terrible toll that taking a life exerts on a human being"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 First Hide 5
- 2 Down at the Bar with Grandpa 8
- 3 Shooting Grandpa 21
- 4 Almost KiSNng Larry Steen 30
- 5 Hunting from the Sky 33
- 6 Hero 37
- 7 Busted for MIP 40
- 8 Greetings 48
- 9 Hardtop Racing with the Good Ol' Boys 52
- 10 From Boot Camp to Vietnam 56
- 11 First Duty 66
- 12 Real War 76
- 13 Spotter 82
- 14 Chuck's First Kill 93
- 15 Sniper 98
- 16 Learning on the Run 105
- 17 Sugar Bear 117
- 18 Screamer 122
- 19 Man Who Flew 125
- 20 When Pigs Fly 129
- 21 "I'm Shot Up" 133
- 22 One Who Got Away 136
- 23 Mapmaker 140
- 24 Beer Thirty 143
- 25 ROK Adventure 148
- 26 Grease Gun 151
- 27 First Furlough Home 154
- 28 Stolen Grease Gun 161
- 29 On the Range with Jim Land 168
- 30 Nature Can Kill 175
- 31 Smoking Gun 178
- 32 White-Knuckle Ride 184
- 33 Change of Occupation 190
- 34 Goodbye Vietnam 194
- 35 Chuck Finds a Cure for PTSD 198
- 36 Trapping with a Mountain Man 206
- 37 Outed by Joe 211
- 38 Accepting Celebrity 216
- 39 Reunions 221
- 40 Replicating Chuck's Remington 225.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Penman Wood Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781250282422
- 125028242X
- OCLC:
- 1347049148
- Publisher Number:
- 99996134905
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