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Marine awarded Bronze Star
Medfield Press ^ | March 17, 2005 | Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio

Posted on 03/17/2005 12:03:17 PM PST by mdittmar

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1 posted on 03/17/2005 12:03:17 PM PST by mdittmar
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What a marine.


2 posted on 03/17/2005 12:05:29 PM PST by Hans
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To: mdittmar

Wow


3 posted on 03/17/2005 12:09:39 PM PST by WHBates
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I am continually amazed at how good these guys are....1600m+ with his second shot.


4 posted on 03/17/2005 12:11:50 PM PST by caisson71
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To: mdittmar

I love a good war story.


5 posted on 03/17/2005 12:12:53 PM PST by DaoPian
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Reichert made the shot from approximately a mile away." Thats what I call gun control
6 posted on 03/17/2005 12:13:04 PM PST by SF Republican
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To: mdittmar; TexasCowboy
He took one shot and missed ...

See TC you Marines always did waste ammo ...................;-)

7 posted on 03/17/2005 12:14:19 PM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (Redneck from a red city, in a red county, in a red state, and a former Army Red Leg.)
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1,614 meters?

Sounds like the Varmint Hunters Association is gonna have to come up with a new patch.


8 posted on 03/17/2005 12:14:29 PM PST by FreeInWV
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"Soon after, .... Reichert aimed into the brick wall where he thought the men were and fired.

All three of the men dropped..."

Not only a good shot, but can see through walls and kill three bad guys with one bullet!


9 posted on 03/17/2005 12:16:23 PM PST by geopyg ("It's not that liberals don't know much, it's just that what they know just ain't so." (~ R. Reagan))
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To: mdittmar
Pic of a Marine with a specialized version of an M-14. Have a Nice Day! Image hosted by TinyPic.com
10 posted on 03/17/2005 12:18:23 PM PST by Sax
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Carlos Hathcock is smiling.
11 posted on 03/17/2005 12:19:20 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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Like the sniper from Saving Private Ryan...for real.


12 posted on 03/17/2005 12:19:47 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Sax

Hammer down!


13 posted on 03/17/2005 12:21:00 PM PST by rip033
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The only wasted ammo, is ammo that isn't used...


14 posted on 03/17/2005 12:21:07 PM PST by dvldog03 ("For the Glory of God, and the Glory of our Corps...")
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Once they stopped moving I shot one; the other two ran."

Cowards!!!! Muslems ain't nothing but a bunch of p***ies!!!!

15 posted on 03/17/2005 12:22:10 PM PST by dirtbiker (Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
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M82A3:

Also known as the Barrett Light .50

16 posted on 03/17/2005 12:23:03 PM PST by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: Sax

Got a pic of the rifle mentioned in the article, though, the 50 Cal M82?


17 posted on 03/17/2005 12:23:20 PM PST by timtoews5292004
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Marine Corps gun control: "One shot, one kill" Semper Fi, Kelly
18 posted on 03/17/2005 12:24:28 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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"The only wasted ammo, is ammo that isn't used..."

BIG BUMP to that!!!!


19 posted on 03/17/2005 12:25:50 PM PST by OldSgt. (USMC, Nam Vet, HMM-165)
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Thanks Sgt... I knew that someone would understand.

Semper Fi

-BG


20 posted on 03/17/2005 12:27:26 PM PST by dvldog03 ("For the Glory of God, and the Glory of our Corps...")
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