badb_catha 's review for:

Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson

3.0

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5 stars for the bravery of this Marine, during and after his service in the Vietnam War. He was indisputably an outstanding, championship winning shooter and a skilled sniper and brave and selfless warrior, and a man who believed entirely in what he was doing. My hesitations around this book maybe center on (1) the almost Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan style legendary telling; and (2) some kinda uncritically repeated as fact racist sexist stuff in this book. I have no doubt Mr. Hathcock was a product of his era and upbringing, at least in part -for good and ill-, as evidenced both by his bravery and the confederate flag tattoo he chose to wear. So my 3 star rating goes to that stuff and the way it’s written about in this book.