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It seemed appropriate to have a thread about war stories. My dad reads shitloads of military history and it's all he talks about, so I know a few lol. I'll start:

There was a case in, I believe it was Korea, where an American soldier encountered an enemy soldier, and the both fired. The enemy soldier was hit directly and killed, while his bullet ricocheted off of the American's rifle, hit him in the face and knocked him out. He woke up later, spit out the bullet and walked away. Badass
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They didn't have Humvees in 'Nam. Anyhow, there's this one Finish soldier who fought in world war two against the Soviets, I think his name was Haya or something. Anyhow, he got over one thousand confirmed kills with a bolt-action rifle and an estimated five hundred or so with a Sub machine gun.

There was an American sniper in 'nam having a sniper duel with the enemy. I think he was the top scoring sniper of the war, and made the farthest shot with a rifle in history, hitting the target from a mile and a half away. Anyway, he was sitting there, watching closely for the enemy, when he saw a glint, a little flicker of light; so he fired at it. He hit the enemy sniper. He found out later that the bullet actually when through his scope and hit him in the head, the flicker of light he saw was reflected off the scope's lens. Which means, of course, that the enemy sniper had him in his cross-hairs.

Oh, I'm not too surprised, 'nam was a while ago, they have come out with better rifles since then; and probably better scopes too. I didn't realize the brits were in the middle east right now though.

Well hats off to the Brits then.

Meet Thomas Baker, the biggest badass the US army has ever seen.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty at Saipan, Mariana Islands, 19 June to 7 July 1944. When his entire company was held up by fire from automatic weapons and small-arms fire from strongly fortified enemy positions that commanded the view of the company, Sgt. (then Pvt.) Baker voluntarily took a bazooka and dashed alone to within 100 yards of the enemy. Through heavy rifle and machinegun fire that was directed at him by the enemy, he knocked out the strong point, enabling his company to assault the ridge. Some days later while his company advanced across the open field flanked with obstructions and places of concealment for the enemy, Sgt. Baker again voluntarily took up a position in the rear to protect the company against surprise attack and came upon 2 heavily fortified enemy pockets manned by 2 officers and 10 enlisted men which had been bypassed. Without regard for such superior numbers, he unhesitatingly attacked and killed all of them. Five hundred yards farther, he discovered 6 men of the enemy who had concealed themselves behind our lines and destroyed all of them. On 7 July 1944, the perimeter of which Sgt. Baker was a part was attacked from 3 sides by from 3,000 to 5,000 Japanese. During the early stages of this attack, Sgt. Baker was seriously wounded but he insisted on remaining in the line and fired at the enemy at ranges sometimes as close as 5 yards until his ammunition ran out. Without ammunition and with his own weapon battered to uselessness from hand-to-hand combat, he was carried about 50 yards to the rear by a comrade, who was then himself wounded. At this point Sgt. Baker refused to be moved any farther stating that he preferred to be left to die rather than risk the lives of any more of his friends. A short time later, at his request, he was placed in a sitting position against a small tree. Another comrade, withdrawing, offered assistance. Sgt. Baker refused, insisting that he be left alone and be given a soldier's pistol with its remaining 8 rounds of ammunition. When last seen alive, Sgt. Baker was propped against a tree, pistol in hand, calmly facing the foe. Later Sgt. Baker's body was found in the same position, gun empty, with 8 Japanese lying dead before him. His deeds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.