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His commanding officer called it a toy. Four days later, that mail-order rifle killed eleven Japanese snipers when an entire battalion couldn't find them. Twelve bullets. Eleven kills. Guadalcanal, 1943.
Timeline:
0:00 - Twelve Bullets, Eleven Kills
2:00 - The Mail-Order Rifle Arrives
4:00 - Fourteen Americans Dead in 72 Hours
6:00 - Prove It By Morning
8:00 - First Kill at 240 Yards
10:00 - Five Snipers Down By Noon
12:00 - The Japanese Adapt
14:00 - Mortars Destroy His Bunker
16:00 - The Bait and The Real Threat
18:00 - Eleventh Sniper on the Ground
20:00 - Six Infantry, Five Rounds
22:00 - Sniper Section Legacy
The sniper section George created killed 74 Japanese soldiers with zero friendly casualties. His book "Shots Fired in Anger" remains a classic. His Winchester Model 70 sits in the National Firearms Museum.
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"Shots Fired in Anger" by John George (1948)
132nd Infantry Regiment Combat Records
National Firearms Museum - Winchester Model 70 Documentation

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