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Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam
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Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam Mass market paperbound - 1991

by Joseph T. Ward


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In Vietnam's jungle war, only one group of men was feared more than death itself--the Marine Scout Snipers. . . . The U.S. Marine Scout Snipers were among the most highly trained soldiers in Vietnam. With their unparalleled skill, freedom of movement, and deadly accurate long-range Remington 700 bolt rifles, the Scout Snipers were sought after by every Marine unit--and so feared by the enemy that the VC bounty on the Scout Snipers was higher than on any other elite American unit. Joseph Ward's letters home reveal a side of war seldom seen. Whether under nightly mortar attack in An Hoa, with a Marine company in the bullet-scarred jungle, on secret missions to Laos, or on dangerous two-man hunter-kills, Ward lived the war in a way few men did. And he fought the enemy as few men did--up close and personal.

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The letters Joseph War, one of the elite Marine Scout Snipers, wrote home reveal a side of the Vietnam war seldom seen. Whether under nigthly mortar attack in An Hoa, with a Marine company in the bullet-scarred jungle, on secret missions to Laos, or on dangerous two-man hunter-kills, Ward lived the war in a way few men did. And he fought the enemy as few men did--up close and personal.
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  • Title Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam
  • Author Joseph T. Ward
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
  • Date 1991-08-31
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780804108539 / 0804108536
  • Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.97 x 4.19 x 0.75 in (17.70 x 10.64 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Personal, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Commando operations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91091988
  • Dewey Decimal Code 959.704

About the author

Joseph T. Ward was born in 1949 and grew up in New Raymer, Colorado, population 100, in the heart of the Pawnee National Grassland. He began target shooting with a Remington single-shot .22-caliber rifle at the age of five, under the supervision of his mother, Doris, and older brother, Larry. His family moved to Longmont, Colorado, in 1961. He was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 1970. In the intervening years he has worked in numerous jobs from gravedigger to engineer in the oil business. Ward began writing Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam in 1979.
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