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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:17 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:17 pm to Darth_Vader
Wouldn't be Vietnam, would it?
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:18 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Lewis Nixon
Jumped at Normandy, Market-Garden and served at Bastogne - never fired a shot, never got a scratch. He was an observer with the 17th when they jumped into Germany.
Finished the war - never fired a shot, never got a scratch - some guys are just like that.
ETA: There were only a handful of guys, perhaps less than 10 or 12 that made all 3 jumps.
Jumped at Normandy, Market-Garden and served at Bastogne - never fired a shot, never got a scratch. He was an observer with the 17th when they jumped into Germany.
Finished the war - never fired a shot, never got a scratch - some guys are just like that.
ETA: There were only a handful of guys, perhaps less than 10 or 12 that made all 3 jumps.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:19 pm to Ace Midnight
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17th Airborne
Correct.
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they had a combat jump into Germany.
Correct again. They're the only American division that can make this claim.
Operation Varsity
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:20 pm to Ace Midnight
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Lewis Nixon
Jumped at Normandy, Market-Garden and served at Bastogne - never fired a shot, never got a scratch. He was an observer with the 17th when they jumped into Germany.
Finished the war - never fired a shot, never got a scratch - some guys are just like that.
Oh, now I remember the scene where he talked about that.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:20 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Wouldn't be Vietnam, would it?
no the 17th Airborne was deactivated after WWII ended.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:24 pm to Darth_Vader
Who is this bad arse mofo and what is he known for?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:25 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Carlos Hathcock
Killing a metric frickton of Vietnamese commie bastards.
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what is he known for?
Killing a metric frickton of Vietnamese commie bastards.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:28 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
He was one tough SOB. Made some incredible shots. His story reads like something that would be unbelievable. Like how he crawled - what, 1500 yards? - to kill that NVA officer. Or shooting that sniper through the scope. He was severly injured when the M113 APC he was riding on was hit by a mine. He went on to be a sniper instructor. I wish I could have taken some shooting lessons from him!
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:29 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Carlos Hathcock
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Killing a metric frickton of Vietnamese commie bastards.
He also held the record for the longest kill shot in history until recently.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:37 pm to Darth_Vader
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He also held the record for the longest kill shot in history until recently.
Wasn't that recent one done with an aid (I can't think of the correct term, but with computing devices?)??? If so, thats still an awesome shot but I take Hathcock's over that for pure skill.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:42 pm to Darth_Vader
Here's my CSB.
Fallujah, 2004, I was with a 60mm mortar section. Our company's sniper had been sent to find an enemy mortar team that had been hammering us for a while and had wounded my platoon commander and radio operator along with several others. I received a call from the sniper requesting an immediate fire for effect on the target. He wanted my mortar rounds to land a few seconds after he took his first shot. His shot ended up being 1,050 yards with the M40. Which I believe is the longest shot with something not a .50 cal. At the time it was the longest shot taken in Iraq. After the mission I looked at my map and figured out that it was only about a 450 meter shot with my mortars.
Sgt. Byron Hancock
Here's the best link I could find to the story. It was on the cover of the Marine Corps Times.
LINK
ETA: There was no computer assistance in his sniper shot or with my mortars. All done the old fashioned way.
Fallujah, 2004, I was with a 60mm mortar section. Our company's sniper had been sent to find an enemy mortar team that had been hammering us for a while and had wounded my platoon commander and radio operator along with several others. I received a call from the sniper requesting an immediate fire for effect on the target. He wanted my mortar rounds to land a few seconds after he took his first shot. His shot ended up being 1,050 yards with the M40. Which I believe is the longest shot with something not a .50 cal. At the time it was the longest shot taken in Iraq. After the mission I looked at my map and figured out that it was only about a 450 meter shot with my mortars.
Sgt. Byron Hancock
Here's the best link I could find to the story. It was on the cover of the Marine Corps Times.
LINK
ETA: There was no computer assistance in his sniper shot or with my mortars. All done the old fashioned way.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:43 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Damn is all I can say. 
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:44 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Wasn't that recent one done with an aid (I can't think of the correct term, but with computing devices?)???
I saw something on TV about it. I remember that it was a Canadian sniper who used a Humvee to prop his rifle on. Don't remember it saying anything about him having a computing device but it could have.
And as for Hathcock's long kill shot. From what I've been told he got his not with a sniper rifle but instead a M2 .50 cal MG with a sniper scope on it like this...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:47 pm to Darth_Vader
Didn't Hathcock make some 1000+ yard shots with the Model 70?
I remember reading that in his book. Put a scope on that thing and lightly touched one off. Still, not bad...
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And as for Hathcock's long kill shot. From what I've been told he got his not with a sniper rifle but instead a M2 .50 cal MG with a sniper scope on it like this...
I remember reading that in his book. Put a scope on that thing and lightly touched one off. Still, not bad...
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:50 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Didn't Hathcock make some 1000+ yard shots with the Model 70?
I'd have to read up more on him. I'm not sure.
Here's a tricky one...
What unit insignia is this?
Hint: It ain't German, nor is it Finnish.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:52 pm to Darth_Vader
Marine Corps colors.
That's not the Codetalkers patch is it?
I can't imagine the US letting a unit get away with that during the war.
That's not the Codetalkers patch is it?
I can't imagine the US letting a unit get away with that during the war.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:53 pm to Darth_Vader
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What unit insignia is this?
Hint: It ain't German, nor is it Finnish.
Now that is something I have never seen...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:54 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Marine Corps colors
true... But not a Marine unit
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That's not the Codetalkers patch is it?
No... But you're not too far off from where this patch came from.
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I can't imagine the US letting a unit get away with that during the war.
This unit changed their patch just before the start of the war.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:55 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Who is this bad arse mofo and what is he known for?
Damnit! Wish I would have been in here when you posted this. My Dad had his picture in his office when I was growing up.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:55 pm to Darth_Vader
Its about that time, fellas. Catch yall later.
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