Walter Walsh, 1907-2014
They don't make em like that anymore!
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Friday, May 02, 2014, 22:16 (3800 days ago) @ TL in OR
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Isn't he the one who killed a Japanese sniper at 90 yards
with his 1911? I remember reading about that feat of accuracy under fire somewhere.
Isn't he the one who killed a Japanese sniper at 90 yards
by Lee J. , hagerman,NM, Saturday, May 03, 2014, 06:47 (3800 days ago) @ AkRay
I believe the story was in the bet Camp Perry form, he took careful aim and hit him in the ankle. So witnesses claim. 
Yep, I havge heard that he did indeed use his 1911 at 90
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Saturday, May 03, 2014, 10:15 (3800 days ago) @ Lee J.
yards on a Japanese sniper.
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
Isn't he the one who killed a Japanese sniper at 90 yards
That's a funny twist to the story, Lee! I've never heard that part of it before!
Isn't he the one who killed a Japanese sniper at 90 yards
by Lee J. , hagerman,NM, Saturday, May 03, 2014, 13:22 (3800 days ago) @ AkRay
IIRC it was in a Jeff Cooper column or article trouble with stories like that, there always seem to be witnesses.I believe he and Jeff were in the So. Pacific about the same time. I don't think Jeff witnessed it just a follow up. The sniper was standing on the ground.
When I was a kid, some of the returning vets (WWII)
said the 45 auto was so powerful that it would break a mans neck if it hit him in the ear and knock him to the ground, if it hit him in the hand. With a handgun that powerful, I guess an ankle shot might be fatal to that son of nipon.