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American Sniper The Autobiography o
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Contents Dedication Author's Note M
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Author’s Note The events that hap
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Prologue Evil in the Crosshairs Lat
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11/439 We were on the roof of an ol
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13/439 I had a job to do as a SEAL.
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15/439 That’s what war is. I love
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17/439 come around to believing tha
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19/439 Defending myself was a diffe
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21/439 lusted after was my brother
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23/439 I continued riding after I g
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25/439 ranch, and then some. He was
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27/439 a worthless piece of shit. B
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29/439 training in Wikipedia. But b
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“Why” “We want you,” said t
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33/439 I was rewarded with a blast
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35/439 But it was during that train
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37/439 It was dark, but not particu
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39/439 whatever. It was the repetit
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41/439 Probably everyone who’s he
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43/439 After that, everything ran t
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45/439 Lying in the surf, I thought
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47/439 run. I was deep enough in th
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49/439 don’t know if it’s share
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51/439 happen, but at that point I
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53/439 was still pretty bad, though
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55/439 He hung around. I hung aroun
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57/439 I woke up one morning to her
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59/439 Demolition Teams, or UDTs. E
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61/439 the worst thing to do is rub
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63/439 guy would do. So I reacted i
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65/439 your ass all day long. Then,
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67/439 I hopped to. When I came bac
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69/439 By then, the swelling in my
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71/439 life raft and an open speedb
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73/439 trained to handle the search
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75/439 ordered that the ship be boa
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77/439 Obviously, there was a lot g
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79/439 They were small, radio-contr
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81/439 barrel. It also has a rail s
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83/439 we ended up in trouble. We w
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85/439 worried that they would be r
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87/439 “Feet wet!” said someone
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89/439 The Iraqis had set up a defe
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91/439 what was going on, we stared
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93/439 THE RACE TO BAGHDAD By now,
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95/439 performance can depend on th
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97/439 One night a little later on,
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99/439 But I also knew that Christi
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101/439 I was still big brother, ho
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103/439 And then I would die. I tho
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5 Sniper Taya: The first time Chris
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107/439 home in one piece. Meanwhil
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109/439 After a while, I figured it
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111/439 I will do whatever it takes
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113/439 there are two types, one th
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115/439 different story. We eventua
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117/439 We didn’t have .338s in t
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119/439 which has to do with the ro
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121/439 should get your attention,
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123/439 and wsait for the next guy
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125/439 My companion in the raft wa
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127/439 So, instead, I got a “fro
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129/439 Most people don’t deal to
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6 Dealing Death BACK TO WAR Toward
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133/439 And, for the record, it doe
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135/439 A lot of the places where r
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137/439 Baghdad area, the fighting
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139/439 The GROM were a lot like SE
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141/439 In 2004, I brought over a S
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143/439 generously bought me some D
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145/439 In cool weather, I brought
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147/439 who wanted peace—anyone w
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149/439 While Marines from the Firs
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151/439 “Look, babe, I can’t te
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153/439 shot as much as I was of be
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155/439 We hadn’t seen each other
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157/439 The buildings were packed i
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159/439 I would keep both eyes open
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161/439 point where we could no lon
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163/439 more than just religion and
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165/439 FRY ME NOT You cannot be af
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167/439 I leaned out and laid down
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169/439 One of the Marines followin
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171/439 We made it back to the rest
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173/439 family members while they b
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Photos Stick ’em up, Yankee . . .
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I’ve been a cowboy pretty much fr
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You’re not a real cowboy until yo
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It’s a rough way to make a living
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Fallujah in ’04. Here I am with m
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General Peter Pace, the head of the
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Marc Lee leading the platoon on pat
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Here I am with the boys in ’06, j
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Another sniping position I used in
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Marc Lee. 193/439
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Ryan Job. 195/439
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When not on the gun myself, I like
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Here I am on a helo training course
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Me and Taya, the love of my life an
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7 Down in the Shit ON THE STREET Th
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205/439 “Look, I’m a SEAL, you
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207/439 they were supposed to be re
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209/439 I went over to the commande
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211/439 There I took my helmet off
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213/439 dome at the top, with two s
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215/439 I was assigned to work with
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217/439 want to let those people do
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219/439 He was up on the roof with
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221/439 insurgents might be able to
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223/439 wearing full body armor and
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225/439 That would turn out to be o
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227/439 “Hey asshole.” And much
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229/439 Baghdad International was o
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231/439 People who are used to the
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233/439 The sons of the election of
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235/439 Fight over, I grabbed up th
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237/439 It seemed like everywhere I
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239/439 The next thing I knew, the
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241/439 With Baghdad settling down,
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243/439 house where a rather portly
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245/439 Now, I was two rooms deep,
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8 Family Conflicts Taya: We went ou
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249/439 That wasn’t how I saw it
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251/439 could get crazy. I might tr
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253/439 I stole a car off Bourbon S
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255/439 The consequences can be pre
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359/439 As the guys from Delta Plat
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361/439 The guys were getting upset
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363/439 I can’t say I blamed her
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367/439 Let me say for the record t
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369/439 Not only did we get the ter
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373/439 We set up a few rules that
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375/439 Serving in the Teams is ser
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377/439 There are a number of other
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381/439 tried to get transferred to
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383/439 One of the other SEALs told
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385/439 According to the chief, I h
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387/439 Under fire, generally. And
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389/439 “No,” I answered. “I
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391/439 I knew it, too. But I also
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393/439 The surveillance network ov
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395/439 Taya: People always told me
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397/439 COVERED WITH CRAP There wer
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399/439 EXTRACTED One night we ente
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401/439 We waited, continuing the f
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403/439 In the Navy, you usually ha
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405/439 He agreed. The other chief
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14 Home and Out DUCKING OUT It was
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411/439 It used virtual reality to
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413/439 To my mind, Chris had alrea
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415/439 Dry, droll, and a heart of
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417/439 There’s nothing random ab
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419/439 ’ol boy English with subt
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421/439 When my daughter was a baby
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423/439 But real life doesn’t tra
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425/439 Rick Kell and David Feherty
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427/439 There’s no reason someone
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429/439 Just like in any relationsh
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431/439 Honestly, I don’t know wh
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433/439 We worked on this book in a
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435/439 JIM DEFELICE is the author
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