Marine Corps, Woods gained an extensive amount of fighting experience throughout the Korean War, and afterwards became a sergeant in the MACV-SOG during his time in Vietnam. One can only imagine the reputation he earned in combat, that eventually led to him being selected to join the CIA'...
In John Steinbeck's novella The Pearl, the main character Kino repeatedly tells others that, in addition to treating his son's scorpion sting and sending his son to school, he would like to use some of the profits from selling the pearl to buy himself a rifle. However, his son is ...
On Missing-Lynx, Miki Shimizu presents his 1/35 scale US Marine Sniper in Vietnam, heavily modified from a Dragon figure and set in a jungle scene. 17 images are included. Tim Bumb's artwork this week is is an Elefant. Cookie Sewell examines Osprey Publishing's latest book in the Duel...
What does the elephant symbolize in Shooting an Elephant? What is the significance of the title Native Son? What kind of gun was used in Shooting an Elephant? What does Native Son mean? What does 'The Sniper' symbolize in the short story 'The Sniper'? What does the dead coolie symbolize...
in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Falkland War, and many other such conflicts. Each time the military powers seemed to remember the value of snipers just a little bit better until eventually, around the 1980’s and 1990’s, most modern military powers around the world had developed...
On Dec. 10, the body of 10-year-old Cassidy Senter was found in the vicinity. A remnant of yellow plastic police tape, which was used to cordon off the crime scene, still lies on the ground. Nearby there is a frozen rose tied to a telephone pole. ...
Regarded as the deadliest sniper of the Vietnam War. He has 93 confirmed kills and an estimated 300-400 total kills. For one of his most famous kills, he was sent to kill the enemy sniper known as the "Cobra", who had already killed several U.S. marines and was believed to have ...
He was in law school and the Dean of his law school was a retired Marine Colonel who always liked students who were veterans. George had been over to Vietnam, just like his Dean. So the Dean said, “Heuston, you’re not doing very well. You’re in the bottom third of your class,...
Vietnam: Cav Scouts (Army) First engagement in war. Gulf War: Army Apaches led lead assault OIF/OEF: Air Force Steal Bombers Byanon81008 Byanon80874 Byanon79463 Byanon79065 amypollick Byanon78748 He never went to any Marine training nor had any Airborne training. The only training he rece...
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy. ...