The Spectro of the AO

At 0045, Sow said some NVA were in the grass about 20 meters south of us. A few minutes later, he blew the claymores and we all instinctively flinched. When spectre moved to other targets, we could hear the enemy dragging away his dead. After the dust settled, we again heard NVA troops dragging away their bodies. They never spoke. We heard no cries of pain. Their silent execution of grim duty was at once eerie and admirable. Jesus, they were tough. They fought hard and died hard. So you wouldn't even hear these guys getting wounded, getting blown up, and they wouldn't even scream. It was just silence. I