Carlos Hathcock, who had dreamed of being a U.S. Marine his whole life, became the Vietnam War's deadliest sniper in missions that sound like they were pulled from the pages of Marvel comics.

Hathcock was alive for one reason: He had fired first. One shot. One kill. That is the sniper’s creed and no man in any war embodied it more than Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Norman Hathcock II.

In another time, Carlos Norman Hathcock II was the ultimate terminator ... Their son, Carlos III, is in the Marines, a helicopter door gunner who served in the Persian Gulf war.

His son and namesake probably will. Carlos Hathcock III–Sonny, as his parents call him–is a member of the air wing and the rifle team at the Cherry Point, N.C., Marine base. ”It was Sonny`s ...

Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock was the kind of Marine that would inspire generations of warfighters. He engaged in sniper duels and came out on top every time. He hunted Viet Cong and North ...

He passed away in 1999 from multiple sclerosis, leaving behind a son, Carlos Hathcock III, a Marine Gunnery Sergeant and member of the board of governors for the USMC Distinguished Shooters ...

In military shooting circles, American Carlos Norman Hathcock the Second, is a true legend. For he was a US Marine sniper who is credited with killing at least 93 enemy soldiers in the Vietnam War ...