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...FACs-forward air controllers who spot targets from tiny two-engine Cessnas for the fighter-bombers-were also forced to fly dangerously lower. During one four-hour mission, FAC Captain Conrad Pekkola, 32, dodged 15 SAMS as he circled the area between Khe Sanh and the DMZ. "A lot of 23mm. and 37mm. antiaircraft artillery have been moved south since the offensive began," said Pekkola. "Usually they aim at any break in the clouds because they know that's where we'll eventually be." In the first six days of the offensive, the North Vietnamese shot down five...
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