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They are the lone wolves of the battlefield. Tracking
the enemy, lying in wait for the target to appear --
then they shoot to kill. Armed with an unerring eye,
infinite patience and a mastery of camouflage, combat
snipers stalk the enemy with only one goal...
In World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut, American
snipers honed the art of delivering a single deadly shot from
nowhere -- and devastating enemy morale. They met the
enemy on his own turf, picking off officers, unwary
soldiers, and even other snipers from extraordinary
distances of up to 1 ½ miles. Now, these uncommon men
tell their stories: of the emotions felt when a man's
face came into their crosshairs and they pulled the
trigger, of the nerve-wracking hours and days of
waiting, motionless, for the enemy, of the primal savagery of a sniper duel.
Often trained haphazardly in wartime, and forgotten
in times of peace, combat snipers were officially
recognized after the Vietnam War, when the Marine Corps
became the first military branch to start a full-time
sniper school. One Shot-One Kill is their
powerful record of desperate trials and proud victories.
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