For a story on US snipers in So. Vietnam, see “Vietnam Magazine, December, 1989, “Snipers Deadly Toll” (cover title).
“At 13 cents per round, Army and Marine snipers were among the most cost-effective weapons systems of the war” by David A. Johnson.
There were other articles about specific US sniper teams, the name Hancock comes to mind, in other issues of “Vietnam” magazine. Google it and see where it comes up.
Madmax, Vietnam journalist, non-combat.
Son, Joshua, M249, OIF. A sharpshooter with confirmed enemy kills (actually a bridgebuilder/truck driver and boat-driver with the 299th Army Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, Va, USAR activated). He was a squad 249er.
His weapon’s trainer once gave him two or three extra clip-boxes of ammo for practice, saying, “The boy likes to shoot”.
And that he did.
It is Hathcock. Carlos Hathcock.