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1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

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  • VanHahner
    Command Sgt Major
    • May 2011
    • 14648

    1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton





    Nam 67-68



    SGT USMC 8541
    I CORPS 3RD MAR DIV
    RVN 67-68
  • Hawk
    Owner / Administrator
    • Mar 2011
    • 19826

    #2
    Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

    Cool pics!! Are they of you?
    Semper-Fi! Hawk
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    • VanHahner
      Command Sgt Major
      • May 2011
      • 14648

      #3
      Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

      No it's a fellow scout sniper I served with in Nam.


      SGT USMC 8541
      I CORPS 3RD MAR DIV
      RVN 67-68

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      • budster
        Command Sgt Major
        • Jun 2012
        • 7823

        #4
        Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

        Thanks for posting, Van

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        • nf1e
          Moderator
          • Mar 2011
          • 15942

          #5
          Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

          Very good. Bloused trousers and starched cover.
          Sgt USMC
          RVN 67-68 I Corps

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          • Hawk
            Owner / Administrator
            • Mar 2011
            • 19826

            #6
            Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

            After a second look....I believe he is taller than you?

            Looks like the wire spring blousing....lol Always liked the look of starched utilities with starched cover.
            Semper-Fi! Hawk
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            • Dwight55
              M14BR Chaplain
              • Mar 2011
              • 6299

              #7
              Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

              Throw that cover over a Folgers coffee can, . . . wet, . . .

              Next day it is ready for wear, . . . lookin' good.

              My uncle in Wisconsin did that with his blue and white striped engineer's caps he wore on the farm.

              Thanks for the pics, Van, . . . those were not necessarily better days, . . . but they were "younger" days.

              May God bless,
              Dwight
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              • VanHahner
                Command Sgt Major
                • May 2011
                • 14648

                #8
                Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

                Originally posted by Hawk
                After a second look....I believe he is taller than you?
                Yea he was around 6' 1 or 2. I was only 5'11"

                I think I told you before, that he joined the Secret Service after Nam and became part of the team that guarded Vice President Spiro T Agnew.


                SGT USMC 8541
                I CORPS 3RD MAR DIV
                RVN 67-68

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                • Hawk
                  Owner / Administrator
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 19826

                  #9
                  Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

                  Roger that!
                  Semper-Fi! Hawk
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                  • budster
                    Command Sgt Major
                    • Jun 2012
                    • 7823

                    #10
                    Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

                    Van, were the chambers actually 7.62x51 or .308 Win?

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                    • VanHahner
                      Command Sgt Major
                      • May 2011
                      • 14648

                      #11
                      Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

                      308 Winchester


                      SGT USMC 8541
                      I CORPS 3RD MAR DIV
                      RVN 67-68

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                      • budster
                        Command Sgt Major
                        • Jun 2012
                        • 7823

                        #12
                        Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

                        Thanks!

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                        • Hawk
                          Owner / Administrator
                          • Mar 2011
                          • 19826

                          #13
                          Re: 1967 Rare Sniper School Pics. From Camp Pendleton

                          The M40 rifles were provided by Remington. Some were even pulled right off the shelves to meet needs it I remember correctly. They would have been chambered in the civilian .308.
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