HOGs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq Paperback - 2008
by Milo S. Afong
They have one mission and they accomplish it withone bullet.
In Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a special breedof hunter for whom the prey is the enemy andevery day is hunting season. This soldier is aHOG a Hunter of Gunman. These stories givefirsthand accounts of just how dangerous Iraq canbe, the experience of these young men, and theconsequences involved with being on a MarineScout/Sniper team an elite group that few canmake, and possessing the precision that no otherscan master.
From sniping on a rooftop in Baghdad tounknowingly being surrounded in a palm grove inthe city of Hit, these stories will transport the readerright into the heat of the desert war, where one shotcan make all the difference.
Summary
In Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a special breed of hunter for whom the prey is the enemy?and every day is hunting season. This soldier is a HOG?a Hunter of Gunman. These stories give firsthand accounts of just how dangerous Iraq can be, the experience of these young men, and the consequences involved with being on a Marine Scout/Sniper team?an elite group that few can make, and possessing the precision that no others can master.
From sniping on a rooftop in Baghdad to unknowingly being surrounded in a palm grove in the city of Hit, these stories will transport the reader right into the heat of the desert war, where one shot can make all the difference.
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- Title HOGs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq
- Author Milo S. Afong
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, NY
- Date 2008-12-02
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780425223826 / 0425223825
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.44 x 0.76 in (21.03 x 13.82 x 1.93 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Iraq War, 2003-
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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