Mawhinney qualified for entry into the Marine scout sniper course because he'd already earned distinction as an expert marksman. Mawhinney made his name as a scout sniper and skilled marksman, but that wasn't what he wanted when he joined the Marines, like his father before him, the book suggests.
Though he has accepted his service and fame, some of the nightmares have never quite gone away. Jim Lindsay's "The Sniper," the first biography to explore Mawhinney's life and experiences in and out of war with his input, tells the story of a wild young man who found his calling in a horrible conflict he would later try, unsuccessfully, to leave behind. With 103 confirmed kills and hundreds more probable, Mawhinney is the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, a fact that ruffled some feathers when it first came to light decades after the end of the Vietnam War. It often indicates a user profile.Ĭhuck Mawhinney is a legend for the death he dealt in Vietnam as a sniper protecting his fellow Marines, but he might never have become one if it hadn't been for getting blackout drunk at the worst possible time and, later, faking a toothache to score a chance to join a sniper team, a new book has revealed. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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