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Dan N Jen ·

Few have likely ever heard of Vietnam Marine Corps sniper Chuck
Mawhinney. Most of the known sniper exploits from that war belong to the legendary Carlos Hathcock, and rightfully so. Hathcock’s 93 confirmed
kills are common knowledge for all Marines. However, Mawhinney racked up
103 confirmed kills between 1968 and 1969 in Vietnam, with as many as an additional 216 unconfirmed kills.
Mawhinney kept his stories close to his chest for decades after he left
the service. Not even telling his own wife that he was a sniper.
In the last 10 years or so, he has since shared many of those stories
because he felt it necessary to “say something that might help some
other scared serviceman stay alive someday.”
As time went on, he became more comfortable telling his stories, and
even went so far as to describe his time as a sniper as “the ultimate
hunting trip: a man hunting another man who was hunting me. Don’t talk
to me about hunting lions or elephants; they don’t fight back with
rifles and scopes. I just love it”
One of Chuck’s rifles used in Vietnam is on display in the Vietnam
gallery at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Jake Pellum
Thank you so much for your service great American hero 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Larry Wright
Chuck is definitely a legend

Len Spindel
That picture doesn't look right. I never saw a M-14 fitted with a
silencer and granted it might be a bad picture but it doesn't look
right. The Starlight appears to be mounted too high. It is definitely
not depicting a combat situation.

John H Johnston
Len Spindel Only Army snipers had suppressed M-14s. Marine snipers
didn't. But we did have the Starlight scopes.

Joel Kemps
John H Johnston I used a Starlight but it was hand held and almost
worthless. If there was no moon you could not see much. USMC 1966

John H Johnston
Joel Kemps Yeah, I've always said it should have been called the
Moonlight Scope. Stars just didn't get it.

Len Spindel
John H Johnston properly set up and with new batteries the old style
Starlight worked well enough for 400 meter shots. They were very
temperamental and prone for breakdowns. The on/off/monetary switch
frequently broke at the most inappropriate time.

Robert Walling
Len Spindel I just saw two other sniper rifels fitted with silencers, I
own an M-14 (M1-A) and I fitted it with a scope. Because of the
auto-matic and shell ejection the scopes fit high. My little brother was trained with the USMC as a sniper. He said … See more

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Chuck Mawhinney.
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Mary Delp
U signed on 2 do a job.....u did the job........
🇺🇸🦅☮✝️🙏💗

Benito Inay
Thank you for your service bro

Joey Messina
He was a BADASS , BIG TIME !!!

Rich Brock
Outstanding Warrior!!

Robert Marinelli
Looks like a starlight scope

George Newman
Glad you made it home. I am sure your work saved the lives of quite a
few of guys.

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