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With 2,746 confirmed kills, Sgt. 1st Class Dillard Johnson is the deadliest American soldier on record. As a commander of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle nicknamed “Carnivore,” he helped lead the ground assault during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 一级中士迪拉德-约翰逊是美军有记录的“最致命神枪手”，曾击毙过2746人。迪拉德曾经是昵称为“食肉动物”的布拉德利战车指挥官，参加过“伊拉克自由行动”地面作战。 Johnson, 48, grew up in Island, Ky., hanging out in strip mines and hunting deer with his daddy’s gun. His first kill came at the tender age of 13, when he nailed a six-point buck with a .22-caliber rifle. 现年48岁的迪拉德在美国肯塔基州艾兰德市长大，从小就经常拿着父亲的猎枪去露天矿场打鹿。第一次打猎成功是在13岁时使用22口径步枪打死一只公鹿。 In high school, he joined the ROTC, and in 1986, he joined the Army, fulfilling a childhood dream. 高中时期，约翰逊加入了预备役军官培训团。1986年他正式加入美国陆军，实现了儿童时期的梦想。 Johnson arrived at his total by counting the number of rifles and dead bodies he found after his tank engaged the enemy. He would jot down the numbers in a journal he kept during the war. 在战争时期，约翰逊每次战斗结束后，都要驾驶坦克在战场之间，通过清点步枪和尸体人头计算杀人数目，然后记录在日记中。 | 
