Originally Posted by Gristle Head
Originally Posted by Ken Howell
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What is the difference between what Charlie Jr. did and what a sniper does ?
The difference lies in the men themselves. What a sniper does is his job, his duty, an integral part of his "MOS." What Charlie did was his hobby. I see no kind of similarity or comparison.

One of my best friends was a "Carlos Hathcock" in the Pacific during World War Two. In his late 70s, he's still tormented by his many kills when he was a teen-aged Marine on Okinawa and other South Pacific islands. He was captured twice but killed his way (a) out of a prison camp and (b) out of custody on the way to another prison camp. Charlie would envy him.
Carlos Hathcock was born in 1942 and obviously did not serve in the South Pacific in WWII. He served in vietnam where he earned his honors and passed away in 1999, five years before you wrote this.
I think he meant that he was a Carlos Hathcock-TYPE person, not actually Carlos Hathcock. Surely EVERYONE knows Hathcock's story at this point.

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

Originally Posted by safariman
I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person.

Originally Posted by Fireball2
The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.