|
Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney (born 1949) is an Oregon-born American who served in the United States Marine Corps as a sniper during the Vietnam War. He holds the record for the most confirmed kills by a USMC sniper, having recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 "probable kills" in his 16 months of action. == Service in the Vietnam War == Mawhinney, the son of a World War II Marine Corps veteran, was an avid hunter in his youth. He graduated from high school in June 1967 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps later that year—after the deer season. He spent 16 months in Vietnam, starting in early 1968.〔 On Valentine's Day 1969, Mawhinney encountered an enemy platoon and killed 16 North Vietnamese Army soldiers with head shots.〔 "It was the ultimate hunting trip: a man hunting another man who was hunting me," Mawhinney told the ''Los Angeles Times''.〔 "Don't talk to me about hunting lions or elephants; they don't fight back with rifles and scopes. I just loved it." Mawhinney sought to change the public perception about snipers, who he maintains save lives by sapping the enemy's will to fight. "My rules of engagement were simple: If they had a weapon, they were going down. Except for an NVA paymaster I hit at 900 yards, everyone I killed had a weapon," he said. Mawhinney's one regret was the one that got away. "I can't help thinking about how many people that he may have killed later, how many of my friends, how many Marines. He () up and he deserved to die. That still bothers me."〔 After a chaplain declared him "combat fatigued", Mawhinney returned to the United States and served briefly as a marksmanship instructor at Camp Pendleton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuck Mawhinney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|