Bob Lee Swagger

Bob Lee "nailer" Swagger wani hali ne na almara wanda Stephen Hunter ya kirkira. Shi ne mai gabatarwa na jerin litattafai 12 (kamar yadda ya faru a 2022) wanda ke ba da labarin rayuwarsa a lokacin da kuma bayan Yaƙin Vietnam, farawa da Point of Impact (1993) har zuwa kwanan nan da An yi niyya (2022). Swagger shine mai gabatarwa na fim din 2007 da jerin shirye-shiryen TV na 2016 Shooter, kowannensu ya dogara da Point of Impact . Hunter ya ce Swagger ya dogara ne akan Carlos Hathcock, mai Sniper na Marine Corps na Amurka.

 Tarihin hali na almara 
Bob Lee Swagger wani sajan sojan Ruwa ne mai ritaya wanda aka haife shi a 1946 Ruwa ya girma a Blue Eye (wani labari na Mena, Arkansas) a Polk County, Arkansas . Shi ne ɗan Sojojin Jihar Arkansas Earl Swagger, sajan farko na Marine da ya yi ritaya kuma mai karɓar lambar yabo ta girmamawa, da Yuni Swagger. Mahaifin Bob Lee ya mutu a shekara ta 1955, amma ba kafin ya ba da godiya ga bindigogi ga ɗansa ba, wanda ke amfani da kyautar Swagger ta halitta don bindigogi.

Swagger ya shiga Marines, ya kirkiro aiki mai nasara a matsayin mai harbi. Ya yi yawon shakatawa uku a Vietnam, yana aiki tare da Ayyuka na Musamman, kuma ya sami laƙabi "Bob the Nailer" saboda iyawarsa mai ban mamaki tare da bindiga. Duk da yabo na hukuma don kashe mutane 87 a yaƙi, ya kashe mutane 391. Mafi shahararren aikinsa ya faru ne lokacin da wani rukuni na Sojojin Arewacin Vietnam ke rufewa a kan wani sansanin Sojoji na Musamman da aka kare. Swagger da mai kula da shi, Lance Corporal Donny Fenn, sun jinkirta rukunin na kwana biyu har sai goyon bayan iska ya isa, ya kashe fiye da sojojin abokan gaba 80 kafin harsashinsa ya ƙare.

A Vietnam, T. Solaratov, mai harbi na Soviet wanda ya kashe Fenn ba da daɗewa ba tare da harbi a kirji ba, ya harbe Swagger a cikin cinya daga mita 1,400.

Swagger ya yi ritaya daga Marine Corps a 1975, yana fama da nakasa ta dindindin saboda raunin cinya. Ya zama mashayi don ya yi baƙin ciki, wanda ya haifar da rushewar aurensa na biyu da Susan, kuma ya koma rayuwa mai zaman kanta a ƙasar iyali kusa da Blue Eye.