There would be the muted rush of
illumination rounds, fired from 60-mm.
mortars inside the wire, dropping
magnesium-brilliant above the NVA trenches
for a few seconds, outlining the gaunt, flat
spread of the mahogany trees, giving the
landscape a ghastly clarity and dying out.
--Dispatches, Michael Herr
Identify an objective observation from the
passage.
O llumination rounds were fired from inside the
wire.
O The landscape had a ghastly clarity.
o The explosion outlined the gaunt trees.
DONE
From Dispatches by Michael Herr, copyright 1977 by Michael Herr Used by permission
of Alfred A. Knopla division of Random House, Inc
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