11 Snipers Down in 4 Days — With a Rifle They Laughed At

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Why a mocked civilian rifle ended a deadly sniper crisis — and saved dozens of lives in the jungle.

January 1943. Guadalcanal. Point Cruz.

For three days, Japanese snipers controlled the coastal groves.
Fourteen American soldiers were dead in seventy-two hours.
Patrols stopped moving. Supply routes froze. Fear spread faster than malaria.

Then one officer stepped forward.

Second Lieutenant John George.
27 years old.
Illinois state shooting champion.
Zero confirmed combat kills.
Armed with a civilian, mail-order rifle the Army didn’t want.

Other officers laughed at it.
Called it a toy.
Told him to carry a real weapon.

They stopped laughing after the first shot.

From the ruins of a captured bunker, George hunted trained Japanese snipers hidden eighty feet up in banyan trees. No spotter. No radio. No backup. Just patience, discipline, and a rifle built for precision, not war.

What followed was four days of calculated violence.
Snipers falling from the canopy.
Pairs eliminated in seconds.
Mortars slamming empty positions moments too late.
A final duel against the last survivor — smarter, closer, hunting George back.

Eleven snipers were killed in four days.

The jungle went silent.

The battalion moved again.

This wasn’t a battle won by artillery or air power.
It wasn’t doctrine or numbers.
It was one man, one rifle, and the refusal to back down.

John George would go on to train America’s first jungle sniper units and later fight with Merrill’s Marauders in Burma. His rifle now sits behind glass in a museum — passed by by most visitors, unnoticed.

This is the story of the rifle they mocked.
And the man who proved them wrong.

Remember his name.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: Narrative storytelling for educational purposes based on documented WWII events. Some scenes are dramatized to convey intensity. For detailed research, consult primary military sources and historical archives.