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
Identity an objective observation from the
passage
*illumination rounds were fired from inside the
Wire
*The landscape had a ghastly clarity
*The explosion outlined the gaunt trees.

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