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Army All-American Bowl Honors Oldest Living World War II Veteran
Medal of Honor recipient retired Master Sgt. Leroy Petry walks the field of the Alamodome with World War II veteran Richard Overton in San Antonio, Jan. 3, 2015. Petry, awarded the Medal of Honor last year for efforts in Afghanistan, and Overton, the oldest living World War II veteran at 108 years old, delivered the game ball at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Respect!
#USArmy #MedalOfHonor recipient, retired Master Sgt. Leroy Petry and Richard Overton, the oldest living World War II veteran at 108 years old, deliver the game ball to #ArmyBowl players at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, played on Alamodome field, in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 3, 2015.
British Sniper Kills Six Taliban With Single Shot
British Sniper Kills Six Taliban With Single Shot: Hit suicide bomber’s explosive vest from half a mile.
Achievement unlocked!
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six Taliban insurgents with a single shot from his rifle.
The unidentified 20-year-old Lance Corporal made the 930-yard shot in Kakaran last December during a gun battle with 15 to 20 insurgents. He fired a single round from his L115A3 rifle, striking the trigger device of a suicide bomber, killing the bomber and five other nearby Taliban, Telegraph reports.
Lt. Col. Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, recounted the event.
“The guy was wearing a vest. He was identified by the sniper moving down a tree line and coming up over a ditch,” said Slack. “He had a shawl on. It rose up and the sniper saw he had a machine gun. They were in contact and he was moving to a firing position. The sniper engaged him and the guy exploded. There was a pause on the radio and the sniper said, ‘I think I’ve just shot a suicide bomber.’ The rest of them were killed in the blast.”
The sniper is said to have averted mass casualties, as a second suicide bomb vest packed with 44 pounds of explosives was discovered nearby.
The same sniper earlier killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards. It was the first round he fired during the course of his tour.
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