I turned toward that sound and saw a straight line of red tracer bullets coming down out of the blackness toward a target on the ground maybe a mile away from us. It was well after dark when I suddenly heard the strangest sound. 3rd Recon Bn, 3rd Marine Division, which was then up at the Marine base at Khe Sanh with the 26th Marines. I was in Dong Ha, preparing to head up to my new unit, Bravo Co. It was my first week in Vietnam and about two weeks before the beginning of the Tet Offensive. The first time I saw it in action was in early January of 1968. When you see Spooky, or as we called it in Vietnam, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” in action, especially at night, it really sends a chill down your spine. Spooky is the nickname for the AC-130 gunship, the fiercest and, yes, spookiest weapon in the American arsenal.
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