Originally Posted by
JWM
Hi Steve,
I've answered your PM.
I don't know about the time being interesting unless it had to do with liberty!
Seriously, I never did put my sniper training to use in the Nam, so you might be better served contacting the Marines at the scout sniper association, or attempting to contact retirees Col. Dave Willis and Major Jim Land in Virginia. That said, I can speak with some authority about the first sniper school class that was conducted by Brigade Schools. That class was made up of twelve or thirteen non-rates from the 4th Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay, plus two officers, and was conducted at Puuloa Rifle Range in 1962.
James
Shooting a match at Puuloa in the extinct volcano is on my bucket list if I ever get to Hawaii.
Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur