A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. His father and grandfather are both fully decorated military war heroes so he has always had alot of pressure on him to be in the military. The gomorrah principle a vietnam sniper story rick destefanis. Vietnam 2 sharpshooter top results of your surfing vietnam 2 sharpshooter start download portable document format pdf and e books electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. The two books so far in the dewitt series are the most exciting mysteries ive read in a long, long time. Tom clancys ghost recon breakpoint is a sequel to tom clancys ghost recon wildlands, an open world game taking place on a fictional island called auroa. Special forces sniper training and employment bits. Though richie and his mother have never gotten along well, they realize how much they need each other while richie is in vietnam. American sniper is a 2014 american biographical war drama film directed by clint eastwood. He writes books for middle school and teenage readers. Chris lynch is a national book award finalist and the author of many highly acclaimed books for young adults, including the big game of everything, who the man, and the michael l. I wholly recommend this book to whoever wants to know more about the vietnam war or about the army. During our humping through the boonies the nva could hear us a mile away and we would sometimes be caught in an ambush. Come home from that pointless and immoral war and find one.
Morris, rudi, ivan, and beck are best friends for life. We follow him to vietnam where he is stationed for the main part of this book, we see how he grows and develops throughout the story and how the war affects him and his life decisions. Over a million stunning new images at your fingertips. I found the first book of the series and after i finished i got this book second in the series. Ivan has never backed down from a fight especially when it comes to fighting for whats right. Ebook vietnam 2 sharpshooter as pdf download portable. Military surplus rucksack alice pack army survival combat field backpack with frame 4. In world war ii, everybody just sort of went home and got over it. After all, his dad was in world war ii, and ivan grew up on stories of patton and.
Ivan ivan is the main character we follow him throughout the book. They try to repair their damaged relationship through their letters. The first part of the book has to do with the build up of getting to know all of the characters again. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19thcentury combat. Mother richies mother, a depressive alcoholic who has barely functioned since her husband left her years earlier. The early morning air is cut up with rifle shots coming at us from maybe two hundred yards inland. My favorite scene in the book is where ivan finally gets to vietnam and begins going out on missions with his battalion. Vietnam 2 sharpshooter top results of your surfing vietnam 2 sharpshooter start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. Summary sharpshooter is a great fun book to read the storystarts off with a boy named ivan and his friends are all going to war butivan is the only one that is looking forward to war. Tom clancys ghost recon breakpoint ghost recon wiki. Beck, now in the air force, was always the smart one, the one bound for college. He has protected his friends from bullies for years. Sharpshooter by chris lynch available from rakuten kobo.
For example, his family watches and commentates on the news like a normal family would commentate sports. Alice humphrey the 37 year old daughter of a famous film director, shes been. A vietnam war sniper crawled for 3 days across 2000m of. Although he finds out real quick that he has a lot more to learn then what his army veteran dad has told him. This is a book is about ivan the main character of the story joining the vietnam war but hes not. His unit is partnering with the us navys riverine assault force, of which morris is a part. These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero batman and. The batman family enemies are a collection of fictional supervillains appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. One day orders came down that there was an opportunity to go to long range firing training for those who were classified as an expert rifleman.
Carlos norman hathcock ii may 20, 1942 february 22, 1999 was a united states marine corps usmc sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. The color purple by alice walker, i have read this book on multiple occasions for my ap class. It is a sequel of i pledge allegiance and is in another point of view. They made a promise in school that if any of them were drafted that the other 3 would enlist too. January 19, 20 december 31, 2012 sniper ghost posts. After finishing the social studies, i want to check out some vietnam war books. He has always been one to stand up and fight for his friends. He enlists in the us air force, where hes able to work as a mechanic, learning about planes and choppers and. So when one of the teens is drafted into the vietnam war, the others sign up, too. And now, as war erupts in vietnam, ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did in world war ii. Apr 01, 2012 of all his friends, ivan is the only one looking forward to war. Now, ivan is forced to question what hes really fighting for.
Top 10 female detectives in fiction books the guardian. With his wish granted, ivan is now able to join up and fight in vietnam. After finishing i pledge allegiance by chris lynch, i decided that i should check out the next book. Prior to the publication of fellow marine sniper joseph wards book, dear mom. Along with marksman and expert, sharpshooter is one of the three. I drew liberally on his letters and his diarymemoir for the book, which remains one of the best single sources about these units. Dissatisfied with the officials failure to investigate complex crimes, the women join to investigate for themselves.
They really portray the life of a soldier in vietnam well and set the scenery and background noise. Systrom this is the comanding officer of ivan during his time in vietnam, this is a tough battle hardened lt. Hathcocks record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the u. Plot summary part one the story begins with four friends who have just finished high school. Each books entry begins with the cast of characters, then moves on to the graphic crime.
Recommended for all high school and public libraries. Everyone is dreading ever getting a letter from the military except for ivan buyck. He works for axe a secret arm of the us intelligence services. Underlying the narrative is the question of who america is fighting for and who the. Us infantrymen grunts carried either a rifle m16, or a machine gun m60, belt fed, or an m79 grenade launcher. Ivan always wanted to be in the war, but something has changed in him. The word sniper was coined from snipe, which is a bird found in india and known for the difficultly of hunting it. Kennedy served at the height of the cold war and guided the country through its most terrifying event. Saigon is the sixth novel in the longrunning nick carterkillmaster series of spy novels. We follow him to vietnam where he is stationed for the main part of this book, we see how he grows and develops throughout the story and.
I would recommend this book to young adults and over. Sharpshooter vietnam, book 2 by chris lynch book cover, description, publication history. Enlisting in the united states army, he is trained to be a sniper. The four friends make the pledge to enlist if any one is drafted. They come together to watch the news on the draft over. He ends up being the best sniper and gets promoted to higher ranks. Vietnam series by chris lynch goodreads share book. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. This page is in no way intended to glorify the amount of people these soldiers have killed, it is intended to recognize the manner in which these soldiers excelled at accomplishing the misson assigned to them in a time of war. Thats because ivan has never backed down from a fight especially when it comes to fighting for whats right. He is stationed on the uss benewah, a converted lst. Now, as war erupts in vietnam, he wants nothing more than to fight for his country as a soldier in the us army, just as his father did in world war ii. Based on a n avy ship, he learns about being a member of a team, the harsh conditions under which he will use his sniper skills, and what it feels like to be constantly urged to up his kill quotient.
And for the first time, ivan is forced to question what. When he arrives in vietnam, he discovers that, to his dismay, he is going to be on a boat. The best vietnam war novels yet for this age range. Climax rising action ivan, in vietnam, is hiding behind a small bush, sees blood so he reaches his hand in the bush and pulls out a chunk of a head. Paula hawkins the girl on the train see the movie 22517 at lld.
Two great causes free ireland and a free gay nation coincide in this polished but. Lynchs vietnam war series concludes with the final narrative of four friends caught in the chaos of war. The other guys pepper the area blindly with rifle shots. Walt longmire a vietnam vet who is thinking about retiring as the sheriff of. With a little gore because it is the vietnam war, this is a worthwhile addition to chris lynchs collection, though not with the depth and literary insight as tim obriens novels. Those who have read my sharpshooter book or who know something about confederate sharpshooters will have heard his name.
Ivan has never backed down from a fightespecially when it comes to fighting for whats right. But wards account of mawhinneys 101 kills, most accomplished with his primary m40 modified remington 40x bolt action rifle with a redfield 39x accurange scope. He now teaches at lesley university in the creative writing mfa program. If the grunt was a radio operator rtoradio telephone operator he also carried a. Emotional and suspenseful with intense combat action youthful patriotism meets its match in this gritty novel about the harsh realities of the vietnam war. He is the son of a wwii war hero, so he has a lot expected of him. Since this volume repeats the opening of the first i pledge allegiance, 2011, it easily stands alone, but the series gains richness from the multiple narratives, boding well for the overall story when all four characters have had their say. Now, as war erupts in vietnam, he wants nothing more than to fight for his country as a soldier in the us army pdf. He was the one that protected his friends from bullies. They live in boston and it is in the 60s during the vietnam war. Although they each serve in a different branch, they are fighting the war together and they promise to do all they can to come home together. Thats because ivan has never backed down from a fightespecially when it comes to fighting for whats right. If the sniper uses the alice pack while wearing the ghillie suit.
Of all his friends, ivan is the only one looking forward to war. Choose from used and new textbooks or get instant access with etextbooks and digital materials. Jan 01, 2012 the setting of the book is vietnam and the four main characters are morris, beck, rudi, and ivan. Unlike past games, there is no briefing of the mission and push the true survival experience to the test while overcoming the dangers on a. Corporal lightfoot fairly lights up the entire jungle with machinegun fire. The realities of war in the humid jungles of vietnam are in stark contrast to his former life in boston. Then they discover that the vietnam war is getting worse and worse by the day, so they decided to make a four way pact. Celie is the main character, is married off to mister and falls in love with shug. Out of the four of them ivan is the only one who is excited to go and fight. The bletchley circle is a television mystery drama miniseries, set in 195253, about four women who worked as codebreakers at bletchley park. A vietnam war sniper crawled for 3 days across 2000m of open field, killed nva general with one shot, then crawled back. It is funny that each book, the main character is different.
Plot summary dawson hunters site vietnam sharpshooter. The setting of the book is vietnam and the four main characters are morris, beck, rudi, and ivan. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Ivan goes into the marines while his friends go into different parts of the military. Jan 27, 2016 it is the first volume of the letters and papers of eugene blackford.
His father is a proud wwii veteran and ivan has grown up listening to all of his war stories. This time, it is the military man of the group of friends. This all adds up and really allows the reader to envision what it feels and sounds like during the vietnam conflict. This is because hewould always stand up for himself, his family, and his friends he was afighter. He loves fighting for his country, but he wasnt feeling that great about any of it. He won the national award book finalist and printz honor award in 2005. Iceman, shadow boxer, gold dust, and slot machine, all ala best books for young adults. Great book about the vietnam war from a snipers perspective. The enemy sniper mustafa is a major character in the film but receives only a.
A 19yearold prostitute is the central character of this novel in which an empty and befouled. Youngs sister was the mad hatters first murder victim, or his first alice. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. A snipers vietnam, carlos hathcocks 93 confirmed kills was considered the vietnam record. It is the first volume of the letters and papers of eugene blackford. In the book, ivan is the one friend in the group out of four that are looking forward to war. Chris lynch is the author of numerous acclaimed books for middlegrade and teen readers, including the cyberia series and the national book award finalist inexcusable.