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== Real Life ==

* One of the best snipers from the United States, [[Vietnam War]] veteran Carlos "[[Red Baron|White Feather]]" Hathcock. He's credited with almost a hundred kills (as well as a ''Real Life [[Scope Snipe]]'' on an enemy sniper) before his tour was cut short when a vehicle he was riding was struck by an anti-tank mine. Despite wearing a white feather strapped to his bush hat and having a ''battalion'' of Vietnamese snipers sent with orders to find and kill him, they never succeeded--[[Moment of Awesome|and that includes having a searching Vietnamese soldier]] ''~~[[Moment of Awesome|~~nearly step on him]]'' ~~[[Moment of Awesome|~~without noticing either him or his white feather]]. He often referred to his targets as "hamburger". You'd expect a guy like this to be a Cold Sniper through and through, but this is what he had to say about himself after the war:

* One of the best snipers from the United States, [[Vietnam War]] veteran Carlos "[[Red Baron|White Feather]]" Hathcock. He's credited with almost a hundred kills (as well as a ''Real Life [[Scope Snipe]]'' on an enemy sniper) before his tour was cut short when a vehicle he was riding was struck by an anti-tank mine. Despite wearing a white feather strapped to his bush hat and having a ''battalion'' of Vietnamese snipers sent with orders to find and kill him, they never succeeded--[[Moment of Awesome|and that includes having a searching Vietnamese soldier ''nearly step on him'' without noticing either him or his white feather]]. He often referred to his targets as "hamburger". You'd expect a guy like this to be a Cold Sniper through and through, but this is what he had to say about himself after the war:

{{quote|"''Hell, anybody would be crazy to like to go out and kill folks. I like shooting, and I love hunting. But I never did enjoy killing anybody. It's my job. If I don't get those bastards, then they're gonna kill a lot of these kids we got dressed up like Marines. That's just the way I see it.''"}}

* This is not uncommon in [[Real Life]]; many trained snipers feel the need to balance what they do on the job with friendly interaction off of it. And real armies tend to want someone with good mental health in this role.

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