Okay, I don't usually watch many War Channels... but tonight I watched one called: Warframes - on YouTube. I watched it because when I was in Eighth Grade one of my Classmates Fathers came in and talked about belonging to a World War Special Operations group called: Merrill's Marauders.
In that talk, he said that he had never lost anyone on a mission, but that like 10% of the guys died in Training. I thought that was incredible that your training could be more dangerous than actual Combat.
So this short video was about a guy named : LT John George. Who ordered his old Winchester Hunting Rifle sent to Guadalcanal ...specifically to hunt enemy snipers. Everyone laughed at his "toy" rifle, but he killed all 11 snipers of the enemy. I won't give it all away, but man oh man, I hope he got a ton of Medals.
He used math, hunting techniques, and a rifle that he trusted for hitting things 300 yards away. Oh, and a 2.5 power scope! No Spotter.
The reason I watched is because that same guy was tasked after pulling of that incredible feat in January of 1943, in just three days- to form up a Unit of 40 guys and teach them his techniques.
So where did they assign the Lieutenant after that? Merrill's Marauders ! He wrote a book called: "Shots in Anger." I will have to read that one.
God Bless him and all the lives he saved.