"I could talk directly to the lead pilot, and he and his wingman executed my every request or direction flawlessly," says author. "As I made my dash, I remember being surprised and not seeing a single dead body." The only sound was that of the churning Sikorsky HH3 engines and the increasingly cold air rushing through the aircraft. There was nothing but sporadic small arms fire coming at us, and in the end the extraction was relatively calm one".