Never thought of this!

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Learnt through a doco a special ops group in the VN war were inserted miles behind the lines with the task of spying on the NVA in the area covertly but they had already been spotted.
They posted their guard for the night after selecting a well concealed spot they then settled in for the night at some point in the night they were awoken to the blood curdling screams coming from the SGT's spot.
They investigated only finding a bloody patch on the ground where he was to have been sleeping, they waited till dawn then followed the blood trial finally discovering his body.
It had been partially eaten and in the distance they heard and saw the tall grass moving and the growl of a predator not happy with them finding his kill.
A Tiger charged them from the grass they opened fire but missed the tiger tried again but still not hit but beaten off.
The group collected his body and choppered out as the gig was up after shooting at the Tiger.

A latter group was inserted into that area and managed to kill the tiger that took the SGT.
7 GI's lost there lives to the tigers in VN a fact I was not aware of as if mosquito's & other critters with the jungle plus the NVA & their booby traps were not enough to contend with.

Thats what I learnt no doubt in WWII also some fell foul in the African areas as well as India or Sumatra!

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