2018 by John P. Webster, LM 886 Phù Cát, 1041st SPS(T), -1967 OPERATIONAL TEST PHASE USMC SNIPER FIRING RANGE, ĐÂ NÂNG AIR BASE USMC SNIPER FIRING RANGE, ĐÂ NÂNG AIR BASE - HAPPY VALLEY, 1967 3.25 - Operational Test Phase for the was in full progress. Fine-tuning new skills for the USAF s first Sniper team included a flight to Đà Na ng Air Base and joint-training with the USMC Sniper Team at their Sniper Team Firing Range. (Photos by John P. Webster) 3.25_01 (left, flight from Phù Cát to Đà Nẵng) and 3.25_02 (right, flight from Đà Nẵng to Phù Cát): Aerial views of C-7 Caribou flight from Phù Cát Air Base to Đà Nẵng Airbase. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 1 of 8
3.25_03: USMC Sniper Team base camp, John Webster with the marines at the 1,000 yards range. 3.25_04: Sniper Range, Outside Đà Nẵng, Happy Valley - Target Shooting with Marine Snipers. Sometimes we were shooting at 1000 yards. 3.25_00: Marine Corps Winchester Model 70 target rifle, chambered in 30-06 and topped with an 8-power Unertl target scope in an externally adjustable mount. (Photo: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 2 of 8
3.25_05: USMC Sniper Range: Sgt. John P. Webster, flanked by Marine Snipers. Marine on right is carrying a case containing an M70 Winchester Rifle. All three snipers carry an M70. 3.25_06: USMC Sniper Range: Carrying case and M70 Winchester Rifle. (Photo: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 3 of 8
3.25_07: USMC Sniper Range: Sgt. John P. Webster, flanked by Marine Snipers. Marine on right (yes, he s that tall and skinny) is carrying a case containing an M70 Winchester Rifle. These two boys had been in-country only three months and were the only two original members of their 14 men squad -- 12 were KIAs. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 4 of 8
3.25_08: Đà Nẵng, USMC Sniper Range: Sgt. John P. Webster: My turn in the target trench pull cord raise target! 3.25_09: USMC Sniper Range: pull cord raise target! 3.25_10: USMC Sniper Range, Đà Nẵng, Happy Valley: Marines in target trench. 1967. 3.25_11: : USMC Sniper Range, Đà Nẵng, Happy Valley: My turn, at firing position number 5. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 5 of 8
3.25_12: (above photo) U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock Winchester Model 70, Sniper Rifle (Vietnam). (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Carlos_Hathcock) "U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock (above photo) used a Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle chambered in.30-06 and equipped with a standard 8 43 Unertl scope. Hathcock is infamous for shooting an enemy sniper through the enemy's own rifle scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him. When Hathcock saw a flash of light (light reflecting off the enemy sniper's scope) in the bushes, he fired at it, shooting through the scope and killing the sniper. Surveying the situation, Hathcock concluded that the only feasible way he could have put the bullet straight down the enemy's scope, through his eye, would have been if both snipers were zeroing in on each other at the same time, which gave him only a few seconds to act, and Hathcock fired first. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 6 of 8
3.25_13: Phù Cát Air Base: Sgt. John P. Webster with his M70 rifle. (Photo by John Webster) 3.25_14: Area of Phù Cát, 1041st Base Camp Sgt. John P. Webster, with M70 rifle and Star Light scope, prepares for night ambush. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 7 of 8
3.25_15: Area of Phù Cát, 1041st Base Camp Sgt. John P. Webster prepares for night ambush. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF) - Edited & Compiled by Don Poss Page 8 of 8