Chris Kyle: A True Hero

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War has always been a part of our country. We are the country that we are today because of the American Revolution, which was a very important war. Many of the amazing people that have become famous and well known nation wide have been war heroes. These war heroes are not only great on the battlefield, but off it as well. Chris Kyle portraits greatness and who was one of America's most lethal snipers, he is no different from any of the past war heroes throughout history. On the battlefield, he has tons of accolades and has saved many lives one famous line from Kyle is “I don’t have to psyche myself up, or do something special mentally – I look through the scope, get my target in the cross-hairs, and kill my enemy before he kills one of my people” (Aldrich, Ian. …show more content…
Off the battlefield, he was just as great, he helped many veterans with problems caused from being in war and he was a very honest and brave man who was very well respected. The way his life was ended was tragic. He is a true hero and will never be forgotten for the things he did to better society. He was honored in the way a true hero should be.
Christopher Scott Kyle is a great great man. He was Born April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas. He was the son of a church deacon and a Sunday school teacher. Growing up always aspired to be in the military. “Kyle

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