“She was a bad woman,” Carlos Hathcock once said of the woman known as ‘Apache.’ “Normally kill squads would just kill a Marine and take his shoes or whatever, but the Apache was very sadistic. She would do anything to cause pain.” This was the trademark of the female Viet Cong platoon leader. She captured Americans in the area around Carlos Hathcock’s unit and then tortured them without mercy.
“I was in her backyard, she was in mine. I didn’t like that,” Hathcock said. “It was personal, very…
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There seems to be a tradition of snipers on all sides coming from poor families, with a background in hunting wildlife. It requires a certain mindset, that I presume is not suited to most people.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Indeed.
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