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Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock II, was recognized as one the most successful snipers in the Vietnam War. He earned the nickname "White Feather" because he always wore a white feather on his bush hat, daring the North Vietnamese to spot him. During his time in Vietnam, Hathcock only once removed the feather from his hat. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
He was in volunteer mission, just before the end of his first tour. He crawled almost 1500 yards of open field in search of a high ranking NVA officer. The mission was classified and he wasn't informed of the details until he accepted it. The hunt took 4 days and 3 nights, and had absolutely no margin for error. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hathcock crawled inch by inch while wearing camouflage to get to a good position in order to hit the target, even ‘worming’ on his side in order to keep his trail thin and avoid being spotted by communist forces. He was so immersed into the environment that once he was almost walked over. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"Patrols were within arm's reach of me. I could've tripped the majority, some of them. They didn't even know I was there." He was also at risk from nature and was almost bitten by a snake. However, he kept his calm and didn’t move much to avoid any attention. He waited at his position patiently until the General came out of his encampment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hathcock seized the moment with a single shot to the chest. "When I made the shot, everybody run the opposite direction because that's where the trees were," he said. "It flashed in my mind, 'Hey, you might have something here." Per his escape plan, Hathcock crawled to a nearby ditch and crawled his way back out of the field. For the first time in four days, he was able to walk.
He was in volunteer mission, just before the end of his first tour. He crawled almost 1500 yards of open field in search of a high ranking NVA officer. The mission was classified and he wasn't informed of the details until he accepted it. The hunt took 4 days and 3 nights, and had absolutely no margin for error. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hathcock crawled inch by inch while wearing camouflage to get to a good position in order to hit the target, even ‘worming’ on his side in order to keep his trail thin and avoid being spotted by communist forces. He was so immersed into the environment that once he was almost walked over. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"Patrols were within arm's reach of me. I could've tripped the majority, some of them. They didn't even know I was there." He was also at risk from nature and was almost bitten by a snake. However, he kept his calm and didn’t move much to avoid any attention. He waited at his position patiently until the General came out of his encampment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hathcock seized the moment with a single shot to the chest. "When I made the shot, everybody run the opposite direction because that's where the trees were," he said. "It flashed in my mind, 'Hey, you might have something here." Per his escape plan, Hathcock crawled to a nearby ditch and crawled his way back out of the field. For the first time in four days, he was able to walk.
