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THE ONE-ROUND WARThird Marine Regiment (3d MarDiv) Scout-Sniper personnel shown “sighting-in” theirequipment near Camp Carroll. The rifles are Model 70 Winchesters with 8-power Unertltelescopes. (William D. Abbott.)The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr. (left) and Third MarineRegiment Commander Col. John P. Lanigan are shown during an inspection tour ofCamp Carroll (1967). Note the 175mm powder canisters lining the path. According toMarine Corps information, at one point “there were 14 U.S. Army 175mm long-rangeguns [support artillery] operating from Camp Carroll.” The area was also referenced as“Artillery Plateau” in Army and Marine Corps documents. (William D. Abbott.)114
SNIPER PLATOONMembers of the ThirdMarines Sniper Platoon,February 1967. The Model 70Winchester and the M1D, themainstay of the Marine Corpssniping program during theearly months of the war,served Third Marines untilthe Model 700 Remingtonrifles arrived in April 1967.(William D. Abbott.)Purple Heart award ceremony, Third Marines Scout-Sniper platoon, Camp Carroll (1967).While not disproportionate to those earned by American combat forces at large, awardsand decorations were earned in significant numbers by Army and Marine Corps snipersduring the war in Vietnam. As a matter of interest, Camp Carroll was named in honor ofa Marine officer (Capt. Joseph J. Carroll) killed in action while leading an assault on Hill484. (William D. Abbott.)115
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