Thread: WWII and historys best sniper.
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Old 08-18-2012, 10:45 PM   #9
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Default Re: WWII and historys best sniper.
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Originally Posted by whymememe View Post
Staff Sargeant "Pop" Roy Bumgardner, during the Viet Nam war ran up at least a count of 1500. I had the overwhelming honor of meeting him. He was in CSC co. 1/31 Inf at Camp Casey, Korea in 1976-1977. RIP "pop" miss you.
Maybe not a good example. I remember him too and a quick search found this.

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BINH DINH PROVINCE, Vietnam — On the morning of Feb. 25, 1969, Platoon Sgt. Roy E. Bumgarner Jr. led a five-man team on a reconnaissance patrol that took them into a rolling landscape of rice fields.

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-vi...,7991832.story
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