May 20, 1942 - Little Rock, Arkansas - Carlos Norman Hathcock II is born
June(?) 1(?), 1950 - Little Rock - 8-year-old Carlos sees a neighbour in a marine uniform, and becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming one
May 20, 1954 - Little Rock - Carlos receives a Remington 12-gauge, singleshot shotgun for birthday
January(?) 1(?), 1957 - Little Rock - Carlos drops out of of high school at age 15 to go work for a concrete contractor, shoveling cement 10 hours a day, six days a week
January(?) 1(?), 1957 - Little Rock - Carlos drops out of of high school at age 15 to go work for a concrete contractor, shoveling cement 10 hours a day, six days a week
May 20, 1959 - Little Rock - At the Marine recruiter's office, Hathcock's mother signs the papers giving the 17-year-old permittion to join the Marine Corps. San Diego - That afternoon he takes an airplane to San Diego, and at 11 o'clock in the evening, arrives with 30 other recruits to San Diego Recruit Depot, where he would get his 13-week basic marine training =(START)
September(?) 1(?), 1959 - Camp Pendleton, San Diego County - Hathcock finishes Bootcamp and basic training
September(?) 2(?), 1959 - Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay - Hathcock takes a troopship to Hawaii
September(?) 5(?), 1959 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Arrival in Hawaii. Hathcock becomes a machinegunner in the weapons platoon of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
September(?) 1(?), 1959 - Camp Pendleton, San Diego County - Hathcock finishes Bootcamp and basic training
September(?) 2(?), 1959 - Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay - Hathcock takes a troopship to Hawaii
September(?) 5(?), 1959 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Arrival in Hawaii. Hathcock becomes a machinegunner in the weapons platoon of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
December 25, 1961 - MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina - Hathcock spends Christmas alone in MCAS Cherry Point
January 10(?), 1962 - New Bern, North Carolina - Hathcock meets Josephine Bryan Winstead, a bank worker
November 10, 1962 - New Bern - Hathcock marries Josephine Bryan Winstead
January(?) 1(?), 1965 - Camp Pendleton - Hathcock completes marine scout/sniper course
January(?) 1(?), 1965 - Camp Pendleton - Hathcock completes marine scout/sniper course
August 25, 1965 - Camp Perry, Ohio - Hathcock is one of the 130 participants in the Wimbledon Cup - a 1,000-yard National High-power Rifle championship
August 26, 1965 - Camp Perry, Ohio - Hathcock wins the Wimbledon Cup
April 1(?), 1966 - Chu Lai, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam - Hathcock arrives in Vietnam, initially to serve as military policeman
July 4, 1966 - 23km S. of Da Nang - Operation Macon - Hathcock takes part, but not yet as sniper
September 1(?), 1966 - Chu Lai - Resumes his service as a military policeman
July 4, 1966 - 23km S. of Da Nang - Operation Macon - Hathcock takes part, but not yet as sniper
September 1(?), 1966 - Chu Lai - Resumes his service as a military policeman
October 3, 1966 - Chu Lai - Hathcock joins Capt. Jim Land at the 1st Marine Division Headquarters in Chu Lai
October 5(?), 1966 - Hill 55, 16km SW of Da Nang - Hathcock and other five snipers are transported by helicopter to Hill 55, 16km southwest of Da Nang
November 1, 1966 - Hill 55 - The first class of the 1st Marine Division Scout/Sniper starts, during torrential rains
November 20, 1966 - Hill 263, near River Song Tro Khuc - Operation "Rio Blanco". Hathcock and 11 other snipers are transported to the 7th Marines Command Post on Hill 263, near the River Song Tro Khuc
November 27, 1966 - Hill 263 - End of Operation "Rio Blanco"
January(?) 1(?), 1967 - Quantico, Virginia - Returns to the United States. The family moved from New Bern to Quantico
June 6, 1967 - (While in Quantico) - Corporal John Roland Burke, Hathcock's sniping partner, is killed at Khe Sanh
July 1(?), 1967 - Quantico - Hathcock arrives home and receives a letter from Capt. Jim Land informing him of Burke's death
April 1(?), 1969 - San Antonio, Texas - Hatchcock participates in a shooting competition
April(?) 20(?), 1969 - Quang Nam Province, SE. of Da Nang, Vietnam - Operation "Oklahoma Hills" - The clearing out of NVA units from their base camps and infiltration routes in the hills and valleys of Quang Nam Province. Hathcock sees action just arrived from the US
May 29, 1969 - Quang Nam Province, SE. of Da Nang - End of operation "Oklahoma Hills"
September 16, 1969 - 28km NW of Chu Lai - An AMTRAC he is riding on, strikes an anti-tank mine. Hathcock pulls seven other marines from the vehicle in flames, suffering severe burns to his body. (He would receive a Silver Star for that action, 27 years later)
September 17, 1969 - Da Nang - All eight marines are evacuated by helicopter to hospital ship "USS Repose". 1st Marine Division commander Maj. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson congratulates Hathcock on his heroism and pins a purple heart medal on his pillow
September 18, 1969 - Fussa, W. of Tokyo, Japan - Hathcock is admitted to the hospital for a few days at Yokota Air Base
September 22, 1969 - San Antonio, Texas - Hathcock is taken unconscious to the burn center at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio - Texas
September 24, 1969 - San Antonio, Texas - Hathcock wakes up without realizing that he is far from Vietnam. The doctors suspect his fever is malaria
September 30, 1969 - San Antonio - Before doctors can begin burn therapy, Hathcock develops bronchopneumonia
October 13, 1969 - San Antonio - Burn therapy begins - 13 different operations in which they strip away the burn eschar and damaged flesh, and apply skin grafts
November 3, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock receives skin grafts
November 6, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock receives skin grafts
November 10, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock stops hallucinating. The blood infection retreats. During visit time, a cake is brought to celebrate the Corps 194th birthday. Hathcock refuses Capt. Ed Hyland's recommendation for medal of honor, for having saved 7 marines, badly burned
November 17, 1969 - San Antonio - End of burn therapy
November 24, 1969 - New Bern, North Carolina - Hathcock, in convalescence, is allowed to go to attend the funeral of his wife's mother
December 30, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock returns to hospital for further treatment and evaluation
January 5, 1970 - San Antonio - Hathcock is released and put on convalescent leave
January 31, 1970 - Quantico, Virginia - Hathcock reports back to Quantico, as a member of the Marine Corps Rifle Team
February 13, 1972 - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - Hathcock is transfered to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
September 20, 1973 - Camp Lejeune - After 19 months of coaching and teaching marksmanship at the rifle ranges near sneed's Ferry and Topsail Island, he receives orders to serve aboard the submarine tender "USS Simon Lake", based at Rota, Spain
March 29, 1974 - (While aboard USS Simon Lake) - The last american troops leave Vietnam. Despite his injured body, Hathcock is much respected by the commander of the marine detachment aboard the ship, Capt. Howard Lovingood, for the leadership and experience he could offer his marines. So he makes Hathcock his gunnery sergeant - his NCO in charge
July 22, 1974 - Aboard USS Simon Lake - Lovingood is transfered to the Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico, and Hathcock meets his new commander, Walter A. Peeples, who cared only about his physical limitations
May 29, 1975 - Portsmouth, Virginia - Begins a two-month period of tests and review by a medical board at the US Naval Hospital at Portsmouth
August 5, 1975 - Portsmouth, Virginia - Hathcock is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the naval hospital.
July 1(?), 1976 - Quantico, Virginia - More shooting competitions
April 20, 1979 - Quantico, Virginia - Gunnery Sgt. Hatchcock is forced to retire because of multiple sclerosis, just 55 days short of the 20 years that would have made him eligible for full retirement pay
January(?) 1(?), 1984 - Virginia Beach - Hathcock becomes a SWAT instructor at Virginia Beach
May 3, 1985 - Virginia Beach - Speech to Marines, army rangers and navy seals at a Marine Corps Scout/Sniper instructor graduation ceremony
November 12, 1996 - Quantico, Virginia - Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock receives the Silver Star during a ceremony at the Weapons Training Battalion
October 5(?), 1966 - Hill 55, 16km SW of Da Nang - Hathcock and other five snipers are transported by helicopter to Hill 55, 16km southwest of Da NangNovember 1, 1966 - Hill 55 - The first class of the 1st Marine Division Scout/Sniper starts, during torrential rains
November 20, 1966 - Hill 263, near River Song Tro Khuc - Operation "Rio Blanco". Hathcock and 11 other snipers are transported to the 7th Marines Command Post on Hill 263, near the River Song Tro Khuc
November 27, 1966 - Hill 263 - End of Operation "Rio Blanco"
January(?) 1(?), 1967 - Quantico, Virginia - Returns to the United States. The family moved from New Bern to Quantico
June 6, 1967 - (While in Quantico) - Corporal John Roland Burke, Hathcock's sniping partner, is killed at Khe Sanh
July 1(?), 1967 - Quantico - Hathcock arrives home and receives a letter from Capt. Jim Land informing him of Burke's death
April 1(?), 1969 - San Antonio, Texas - Hatchcock participates in a shooting competition
April(?) 20(?), 1969 - Quang Nam Province, SE. of Da Nang, Vietnam - Operation "Oklahoma Hills" - The clearing out of NVA units from their base camps and infiltration routes in the hills and valleys of Quang Nam Province. Hathcock sees action just arrived from the US
May 29, 1969 - Quang Nam Province, SE. of Da Nang - End of operation "Oklahoma Hills"
September 16, 1969 - 28km NW of Chu Lai - An AMTRAC he is riding on, strikes an anti-tank mine. Hathcock pulls seven other marines from the vehicle in flames, suffering severe burns to his body. (He would receive a Silver Star for that action, 27 years later)September 17, 1969 - Da Nang - All eight marines are evacuated by helicopter to hospital ship "USS Repose". 1st Marine Division commander Maj. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson congratulates Hathcock on his heroism and pins a purple heart medal on his pillow
September 18, 1969 - Fussa, W. of Tokyo, Japan - Hathcock is admitted to the hospital for a few days at Yokota Air Base
September 22, 1969 - San Antonio, Texas - Hathcock is taken unconscious to the burn center at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio - Texas
September 24, 1969 - San Antonio, Texas - Hathcock wakes up without realizing that he is far from Vietnam. The doctors suspect his fever is malaria
September 30, 1969 - San Antonio - Before doctors can begin burn therapy, Hathcock develops bronchopneumonia
October 13, 1969 - San Antonio - Burn therapy begins - 13 different operations in which they strip away the burn eschar and damaged flesh, and apply skin grafts
November 3, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock receives skin grafts
November 6, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock receives skin grafts
November 10, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock stops hallucinating. The blood infection retreats. During visit time, a cake is brought to celebrate the Corps 194th birthday. Hathcock refuses Capt. Ed Hyland's recommendation for medal of honor, for having saved 7 marines, badly burned
November 17, 1969 - San Antonio - End of burn therapy
November 24, 1969 - New Bern, North Carolina - Hathcock, in convalescence, is allowed to go to attend the funeral of his wife's mother
December 30, 1969 - San Antonio - Hathcock returns to hospital for further treatment and evaluation
January 5, 1970 - San Antonio - Hathcock is released and put on convalescent leave
January 31, 1970 - Quantico, Virginia - Hathcock reports back to Quantico, as a member of the Marine Corps Rifle Team
February 13, 1972 - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - Hathcock is transfered to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
September 20, 1973 - Camp Lejeune - After 19 months of coaching and teaching marksmanship at the rifle ranges near sneed's Ferry and Topsail Island, he receives orders to serve aboard the submarine tender "USS Simon Lake", based at Rota, Spain
March 29, 1974 - (While aboard USS Simon Lake) - The last american troops leave Vietnam. Despite his injured body, Hathcock is much respected by the commander of the marine detachment aboard the ship, Capt. Howard Lovingood, for the leadership and experience he could offer his marines. So he makes Hathcock his gunnery sergeant - his NCO in charge
July 22, 1974 - Aboard USS Simon Lake - Lovingood is transfered to the Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico, and Hathcock meets his new commander, Walter A. Peeples, who cared only about his physical limitations
May 29, 1975 - Portsmouth, Virginia - Begins a two-month period of tests and review by a medical board at the US Naval Hospital at Portsmouth
August 5, 1975 - Portsmouth, Virginia - Hathcock is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the naval hospital.
July 1(?), 1976 - Quantico, Virginia - More shooting competitions
April 20, 1979 - Quantico, Virginia - Gunnery Sgt. Hatchcock is forced to retire because of multiple sclerosis, just 55 days short of the 20 years that would have made him eligible for full retirement pay
January(?) 1(?), 1984 - Virginia Beach - Hathcock becomes a SWAT instructor at Virginia Beach
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| Hathcock receives the Silver Star, 1996 |
November 12, 1996 - Quantico, Virginia - Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock receives the Silver Star during a ceremony at the Weapons Training Battalion
February 22, 1999 - Virginia Beach - Carlos Norman Hathcock II dies, aged 56 =(END)
Bibliography
HENDERSON, Charles - "Marine Sniper", Berkley Caliber, 1986
REFUSED the MOH recommendation...damn...
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