During the day, with the us governments decision to close down the war, troops would be out in the city. Irving, who served as a directaction sniper with 3rd ranger battalion, saw. Jul 31, 2017 military advisor and legendary army sniper nicholas the reaper irving talks about how the movie is similar to his own encounter with a chechen sniper in afghanistan. Battleswars, iraq war, war in afghanistan 2001present. Exarmy ranger nicholas irving on becoming the reaper task.
Fisher sends mick rawson played by matt ryan of the bau team a package containing a pager which he uses to notify rawson of his next kills. Objective 2 oreanionand doctrin determine sniper organizational and doctrinal concepts for. The real craft is in the books the artful depictions of battle. Vick the reaper harwood is an esteemed sniper with a record kill count33 kills in 90 dayswhen he is wounded at war. Carlos hathcock wore a white feather in his bush hat as he wormed his way through the jungle, following north vietnam army. Nick irv irving had never taken a human life when his platoon sergeant took him to one side. This book covers the establishment of sniper training in vietnam, an elaborate examination of weapons, optics, matchgrade ammo and related gear, and true accounts of snipers in action. In 2015, he wrote and published with gary brozek the reaper.
If you want to see the war through the precision of a snipers scope. Vietnam war books good military history reading on the vietnam war. The insane vietnam war adventures of legendary sniper carlos. Given that the deutschendorfs were an active military family, john enlisted to help fight the vietnam war in 1966, abandoning his music career with the mitchell trio to join the war effort.
Nicholas irving is telling his story about the 6 years he spent in the army special operations in the 3rd ranger battalion 75th ranger regiment. Autobiography of one of the deadliest special ops snipers. A vietnam war sniper crawled for 3 days across 2000m of open. Ive learned that the network has given a production order to a sixhour miniseries from the weinstein co. On march 5, 2015, nbc picked up the miniseries from weinstein. The sniper story during our humping through the boonies the nva could hear us a mile away and we would sometimes be caught in an ambush. I did not know what a vietnamese nuisance sniper was i have only read stories andor memoirs fromabout veterans and snipers from my country and america.
Carlos hathcock wore a white feather in his bush hat as he wormed his way through the jungle, following north vietnam army personnel during the vietnam war and daring the nva to spot him. Ive never been in the service, i was on the tail end of the vietnam draft and too old for. This book is a longoverdue account of, and a welldeserved tribute to, the marine corps sniper program in vietnam. Read more usmc scout sniper weapons of the vietnam war.
A sniper is a trained marksman who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel. But the real craft is in the books the artful depictions of battle. Aug 02, 2012 in the past months i have written a bit about the use of and primary rifles used by the usmc for sniping use in the vietnam war. If your interested in amazing military vids and photos then this is the site. This is irvings second book in the reaper series, and coauthor gary. Often compared to joseph conrad and ernest hemingway, and largely considered one of the best vietnam novels, stone focuses on two characters, one of whom is a sailor traveling home from vietnam. The reaper ebook by nicholas irving 9781466844070 rakuten. In features, magazineby ri magazine january 11, 2017.
He tells about his chronological experiences in the jungles of vietnam where he was deployed for a year. Military advisor and legendary army sniper nicholas the reaper irving talks about how the movie is similar to his own encounter with a chechen sniper in afghanistan. Way of the reaper is a stepbystep accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of irvings 10 most significant kills none of which have been told before. Irving, who served as a directaction sniper with 3rd ranger battalion, saw too. Evaluate current employment of sniper personnel and equipment in vietnam.
Irving, the first black sniper in the armys third ranger battalion, which. The gomorrah principle a vietnam sniper story rick destefanis. Read all of the posts by sniper ghost on charlie company vietnam 19661972. He was a special operations sniper in the 3rd ranger battalion for the u. How an army rangers sniper became the reaper new york post. The reaper paid a price for his battlefield kills s. An accomplished sniper, waldrons record of 109 confirmed kills stood as the most by an american sniper until it was broken by navy seal chris kyle. This marine was the american sniper of the vietnam war.
If you want to see the war through the precision of a snipers scope then read the reaper. The reaper, his first book, was written in a boozefueled frenzy over about four days. Army sniper nicholas irving on battlefield kills, ptsd, and light at the end of the tunnel. Snipers book gives readers a raw look at the realities of war written by douglas ernst posted on january 26, 2015 january 26, 2015 10 comments michael moores nowinfamous tweet, in which he called snipers cowards while moviegoers raved about clint eastwoods american sniper, showed that. The reaper by nicholas irving is published by nero books and on sale on january 24. The book covers hathcocks legendary career as a sniper. You can try sniper on the easter front by albrecht wacker about sepp alleberger, a crack german sniper on ww2 credited with 257 kills and possibly responsible for 5x more.
The 5th marine snipers in vietnam reissue by culbertson, john j. An explosive, noholdsbarred thriller by new york times bestselling author and star of fox tvs american grit nicholas irving. A marine sniper s twoyear odyssey in the vietnam war by. The reaper by nicholas irving with gary brozek nonfiction autobiography first book out of the reaper series 55 nicholas irving was the first african american to serve as a sniper in this battalion.
After only two weeks in basic training, his army staff sargent discovered the young enlistees knack for sharpshooting and transferred him to sniper school. The young soldier is holding his rifle in a casual manner, a sign of very little time allocated to training due to the demands of this. Exarmy ranger nicholas irving on becoming the reaper military. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Long before chris kyle penned american sniper, carlos hathcock was already a legend.
I sometimes feel that part calling me back, back to the rain and the blood. Like chris kyle, the man american sniper is based on, the reaper says he has no regrets for his role as a lethal sniper serving his nation, saying, look 33 or whatever the number, i could care. You never know how stress and sleeplessness are going to affect you. Nicholas irving is an american author and former soldier. From the legend to the reaperon the battlefield with special operations snipers. Legendary army sniper nicholas irving talks about working. Snipers have played an outsized role in the war on terror that has. Now i would like to talk a little about them again along with some of the supporting spotter weapons and equipment used by typical sniper teams during the.
Brandon webb, former navy seal sniper, author of the red circle, and editor for if navy seal chris kyle americas deadliest sniper ever was the killer man, army ranger nick reaper irving was the killer mans son, doing the. Determine which of the sniper equipment evaluated is most suitable. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read modern american snipers. No event in american history is more misunderstood than the vietnam. The reaper audiobook by nicholas irving 9781427252487. A marine snipers twoyear odyssey in the vietnam war. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Us sniper nick irving killed 33 enemies in under four months with gun called dirty diana. Nbc picks up sniper miniseries the reaper from weinstein co. Way of the reaper is a stepbystep accounting of how a sniper works, through the. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Autobiography of one of the deadliest special ops snipers, a new york times bestseller about his military career during the war on terror. May 08, 2018 from the new york times bestselling author and costar of foxs american grit comes a rare and powerful book on the art of being a sniper.
Now in his new book, called the reaper, he recounts his time as one of the us militarys. The moon was up and full, and wed entered a desert area with rolling dunes. Way of the reaper is a stepbystep accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of irvings. Each mission is an indepth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. There is no evidence that john denver ever served in the military. This marine was the american sniper of the vietnam war military. Exarmy ranger nicholas irving on becoming the reaper. White feather is the only authorized biography of gunnery sergeant carlos hathcock ii, who was recognized as the most successful sniper in the vietnam war with more than 93 confirmed kills. Autobiography of one of the deadliest special ops snipers by nicholas irving with gary brozek is irvings first hand account of why he joined the military and some of his missions in afghanistan where he served as a sniper with the 3rd ranger battalion. It documents the circumstances behind training and employment, the equipment chosen for use, the transition from the m700 sniping rifle to the m40a1 and the extreme effectiveness of the vietnam era sniping effort overall. Autobiography of one of the deadliest special ops snipers paperback january 26, 2016. Also includes an entire chapter on the post vietnam unertl 10x scope, and more recent sniper employment in beirut, haiti and the mideast.
Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, the reaper is the astonishing memoir of special operations direct action sniper nicholas irving, the 3rd ranger battalions deadliest sniper with 33 confirmed kills, though his remarkable career total, including probables, is unknown. The reaper autobiography of one of the deadliest special ops snipers ebook. As we rolled along in the truck s, i was struck by just how beautiful the area was. Legendary army sniper nicholas irving talks about working on. This is one of the best books about the actions and affects of war on our men and. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. My greatest untold missions and the art of being a sniper is a slightly misleading title for nicholas irvings followup to his 2015 bestselling war memoir, the reaper. The vietnam sniper who shot an enemy sniper through the enemys own scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him retro pin pictured above is a two man sniper team during the vietnam war. One day orders came down that there was an opportunity to go to long range firing training for those who were classified as an expert rifleman. After you kill a man, said the nco, theres no other feeling like it.
A vietnam war sniper crawled for 3 days across 2000m of open field, killed nva general with one shot, then crawled back. From the legendary special operations sniper and bestselling author of the reaper comes a rare and powerful book on the art of being a sniper. His new book is full of action, but its has other stuff soldiers experience in. Irving was born in fort meade, maryland on the us army post fort george g. The book white feather is written by brothers roy and norm chandler, who publish military shooting publications through iron brigade publishing, a. Jan 18, 2015 nick irv irving had never taken a human life when his platoon sergeant took him to one side. Way of the reaper is a stepbystep accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of irvings most significant kills none of which have been told before. Nbc picks up sniper miniseries the reaper from weinstein. The original bosch from the novels served as a tunnel rat in vietnam. There are various versions that say he was a sniper in vietnam and decorated for his service.