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Movie Jarhead' prompts Moss Point native Scott Burnside to pen book about real marine snipers
The Mississippi Press, January 15, 2007 by Brad Crocker
MOSS POINT -- With little or no electricity after Hurricane Katrina, Scott Burnside entertained himself by watching the movie, "Jarhead" on his laptop computer.
The movie depicts a group of U.S. Marine Corps snipers during the Gulf War.
Burnside, who served as a Marine scout sniper from 1992-94, said he was not amused after seeing the movie, especially actor Jamie Foxx's portrayal of Staff Sgt. Sykes, a main character, who Burnside said he knew personally during their time in Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Va.
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