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Gary D. Mitchell

A Sniper's Journey

The Truth About the Man Behind the Rifle

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A Vietnam sniper tells his story and reveals the battles he fought even after the war was over...In 1968, Gary Mitchell enlisted in the Army and was sent to Vietnam, where he earned a reputation for keeping his head in extreme situations. This caught the eye of his superiors, who trained him in long-distance shooting, setting him on the path to becoming a sniper. Over a twenty-four-year career, Mitchell had twenty-four confirmed kills, most of these in Vietnam, where intelligence agents borrowed him from his Army unit. This is not just the story of a man at war; it's also about the war within the man, because the memories of his sniper mis… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Hirsh, Michael / Valentine, Douglas
  • ISBN: 978-0-451-22051-6
  • EAN: 9780451220516
  • Produktnummer: 19765804
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.

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Gary D. Mitchell served in Vietnam, earning a Bronze Star for Valor, two Purple Heart Medals, and the Combat Infantryman Badge, and participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.Michael Hirsh was a combat correspondent with the 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, Vietnam, in 1966, where he earned the CIB. In 2002 he was embedded with Air Force Combat Search and Rescue forces in Operation Enduring Freedom to write None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism. Hirsh is a George Foster Peabody Award and Writers Guild Award winner, as well as an Emmy winning documentary producer and investigative reporter.

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