The White Feather

by Andrew Wharton

In the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, one man became a ghost in the machine of war-a Marine sniper whose precision and audacity struck terror into the hearts of the enemy. Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, known as "White Feather" for the plume he wore in his bush hat, amassed 93 confirmed kills (with estimates reaching 300-400) through feats that defy belief: a record-shattering 2,500-yard shot with a modified .50-caliber machine gun, a grueling four-day crawl to assassinate a North Vietnamese