{"id":143488,"date":"2023-06-26T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=143488"},"modified":"2023-06-26T10:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:41:39","slug":"wild-night-of-drinking-and-a-fake-toothache-turned-into-the-us-marine-corps-deadliest-sniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=143488","title":{"rendered":"Wild Night of Drinking and a Fake Toothache Turned Into the US Marine Corps Deadliest Sniper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several news outlets are putting out a promotion for a new book about US Marine Corps sniper Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney.<\/p>\n

The US Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper might never have become one if it weren’t for a wild night of drinking and a fake toothache, new book reveals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Pickrell | Jun 24, 2023<\/p>\n

* The deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history is Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney.<\/p>\n

* During the Vietnam War, he had 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills over 16 months in country.<\/p>\n

* But the legendary sniper might not have been one if it weren’t for some unexpected developments.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chuck Mawhinney is a legend for the death he dealt in Vietnam as a sniper protecting his fellow Marines, but he might never have become one if it hadn’t been for getting blackout drunk at the worst possible time and, later, faking a toothache to score a chance to join a sniper team, a new book has revealed.<\/p>\n

With 103 confirmed kills and hundreds more probable, Mawhinney is the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, a fact that ruffled some feathers when it first came to light decades after the end of the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

Jim Lindsay’s “The Sniper,” the first biography to explore Mawhinney’s life and experiences in and out of war with his input, tells the story of a wild young man who found his calling in a horrible conflict he would later try, unsuccessfully, to leave behind. Though he has accepted his service and fame, some of the nightmares have never quite gone away.<\/p>\n

Mawhinney made his name as a scout sniper and skilled marksman, but that wasn’t what he wanted when he joined the Marines, like his father before him, the book suggests. What he really wanted to do was fly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then…<\/p>\n

But even as a Marine, Mawhinney couldn’t completely shake his reckless behavior, and a night of drinking cost him his chance to be an aviator. But it did open the door to becoming a sniper.<\/p>\n

The night before an 8 a.m. exam to qualify for aviation training, Mawhinney’s friends invited him to get tattoos. He thought that was silly given that none of them had seen combat but went with them and joined his friends when they got drinks for a little liquid courage.<\/p>\n

Next thing he knew, he woke up in a movie theater at 5 a.m., the only one of his friends to have actually gotten a tattoo.<\/p>\n

When he got back to base for the qualification test, he failed it, meaning he’d have to wait another month to try again. In that waiting period though, he learned about a new program that hadn’t existed when the US first entered the Vietnam War: the Marine Corps Scout Sniper program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another article can be found here:<\/p>\n

American sniper Chuck Mawhinney holds record for deadliest aim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The legendary Carlos Hathcock – nicknamed “White Feather” by the enemy – had 93 confirmed kills and around 300 unconfirmed.<\/p>\n

Pffft! Not to take anything away from these gentlemen but I’m thinking we have one or two POSers that claimed way more confirmed kills. If we can just declassify those darned records and recover the ones lost in the 1973 Fire.<\/p>\n

I’m also sure we can find a POSer or two that can drink Mawhinney under the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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