Apache (Viet Cong soldier)

Apache was a female Viet Cong sniper and interrogator known as "Apache", because of her methods of torturing US Marines and ARVN troops and letting them bleed to death.

She was killed in 1966 by Carlos Hathcock, who was part of a sniper team of the United States Marine Corps. His partner, Captain Edward James Land, manned the spotting scope, while Hathcock hit her with both of the rounds that he fired.

First-hand account about Apache
In an interview conducted by John Plaster in 1984 and 1985, Hathcock stated that Apache led a platoon of snipers near Hill 55 and had tortured Marines. In interviews with Hathcock and Captain Edward James Land, conducted by Charles Henderson, Apache was a high profile target according to Military Intelligence.

Apache was reportedly known for "torturing prisoners within earshot of U.S. bases", according to C.W.Henderson. The founder of SEAL Team Six, Richard Marcinko, said in 1995 that Hathcock had told him one of Apache's "trademarks" was to cut off her victim's eyelids and keep them as souvenirs. Apache often emasculated her captives, according to Hathcock in another interview.

Hathcock's encounter with "Apache" was the basis for an episode in the documentary series on The History Channel series titled Sniper: Deadliest Missions.

As a fictional character
Apache was the basis for the villain of the same name in H.E. Jasper's detective novel Days in Bien-hoa.