CARLOS HATHCOCK WANTED FLYER EXACT REPRODUCTION ON 24 POUND PARCHMENT PAPER For Sale

Here you have an exact Reproduction of a Wanted Poster for Carlos Hathcock (also known as whitefeather). This Flyer is printed on 24 Pound Parchment Paper to give it an old and authentic look. The size of this is 8 1/2 " X 11".

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Carlos Hathcock (May 20, 1942 – February 23, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps GunnerySergeant sniperwith a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the Marine Corps. His fame as a sniper and his dedication to long distance shooting led him to become a major developer of the United States Marine Corps Sniper training program. He was honored by having a rifle named after him: a variant of the M21dubbed the Springfield Armory M25 Whitefeather

During the VBietnam WarHathcock had 93 confirmed kills of North Vietnames Armyand Viet Congpersonnel.(During the Vietnam War, kills had to be confirmed by an acting third party, who had to be an officer, besides the sniper's spotter. Snipers often did not have an acting third party present, making confirmation difficult, especially if the target was behind enemy lines, as was usually the case.)

The North Vietnamese Army placed a bounty of $30,000 on Hathcock's life for killing so many of their men. Rewards put on U.S. snipers by the N.V.A. typically ranged from $8 to $2,000. Hathcock held the record for highest bounty and killed every Vietnamese marksman who sought it.The Viet Cong and N.V.A. called Hathcock Lông Tr?ng, translated as "White Feather", because of the white feather he kept in a band on his bush hat.After a platoon of trained Vietnamese snipers was sent to hunt down "White Feather", many Marines in the same area donned white feathers to deceive the enemy. These Marines were aware of the impact Hathcock's death would have and took it upon themselves to make themselves targets in order to confuse thecounter snipers.

One of Hathcock's most famous accomplishments was shooting an enemy sniper through the enemy's own rifle scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.Hathcock and John Roland Burke, his spotter, were stalking the enemy sniper in the jungle near Hill 55, the firebase from which Hathcock was operating. The sniper had already killed several Marines and was believed to have been sent specifically to kill Hathcock.When Hathcock saw a flash of light (light reflecting off the enemy sniper's scope) in the bushes, he fired at it, shooting through the scope and killing the sniper.Surveying the situation, Hathcock concluded that the only feasible way he could have put the bullet straight down the enemy's scope and through his eye would have been if both snipers were zeroing in on each other at the same time and Hathcock fired first, which gave him only a few seconds to act.Given the flight time of rounds at long ranges, both snipers could have simultaneously killed one another.Hathcock took possession of the dead sniper's rifle, hoping to bring it home as a "trophy", but after tagging the rifle it was stolen from the armory.

A female Viet cong sniper, platoon commander, and interrogator known as "Apache", because of her methods of torturing US Marines and ARVNtroops and letting them bleed to death, was killed by Hathcock. This was a major morale victory as "Apache" was terrorizing the troops around Hill 55.