This retired sniper is about to make a shot that you wouldn't believe without seeing it. Posted on 07/13/2017 5:50:44 AM PDT by w1n1
This retired sniper is about to make a shot that you wouldn't believe without seeing it.
Veteran Ted Gundy served as a sniper in the U.S. Army during the Second World War. He saw action during some of the war’s most brutal offensive campaigns, including the Battle of the Bulge.
At age 86, Gundy received the Black Hat, one of the highest honors from the United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU). As part of the honor, Gundy was given a replica of the army-issue Springfield 1903 A4 he used during the war.
After receiving the replica rifle, Gundy used it to hit a 300-yard target dead on. But that was just a warm up. Watch what happened when Gundy was given the opportunity to shoot a 1,000-yard target with an AMU custom Remington 700.\
Ted Gundy smacked his it with three shots all within a 5 inch group in the facial area of the target. Gundy was dead on. See the 86 year old WWII sniper footage here.
How old was he in WWII?
12
If he’s 86 now, he was 14 when the war ended. I’m betting this is an older story that w1n1 has recycled for his blog. I’m not clicking the link to find out.
12 or 88, I dont want him shooting at me!
He died 2 years ago, age 90
Youtube video was posted in 2011
indeed, how old was he?
My Dad is 91, and fresh out of high school and basic training, he arrived in Philippines right after Macarthur’s invasion of Leyte, which was October 1944. He said the boys of the next high school class after his didn’t see any action anywhere.
My dad was behind yours. He arrived in the Philippines in early ‘45. He had turned 17 in Dec. of ‘44. He never saw any action thanks to Harry Trumans use of the Bomb.
Like so many skills, once learned never forgotten.
Watch later- Thanks for posting!
Those of us who know our WWII history realize this is not a current story, but good for him anyway.
Dad said they were being trained for invasion of Kyushu while in his Seabee unit so he was relieved when the bomb was dropped, and Japan surrendered.
If you ever get to New Orleans, you need to go to the WWII Museum. There is a display there of the proposed build-up for the invasion of Japan and it is compared to Anzio and D-Day, both of which would have been dwarfed in comparison.
An old fella I knew served in the Pacific during WWII and was prepping for the invasion of Japan when the japs surrendered.
He and all his pals had written their wills and whatever goodbye letters to family and friends.
They considered themselves dead men walking.
Their aim was to take out as many of the enemy as possible before they were themselves killed.
When the news came of the atomic bombs and the Japanese surrender those guys didn’t buy it.
He said they were in Japan as part of the occupation for about a month before they began to believe they might actually live.
Those guys loved the atomic bombs.
God bless our American snipers!
So your dad will be 90 this December. Not too many younger than him who actually saw action, maybe a handful or two.
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