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To: unclewest who wrote (11796)	11/28/2001 7:37:39 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

no, don't recall Elliot and Nail. In '68-69, I was flying recon out of Pleiku. We used radio DF and other intercept techniques to locate and track (for days and weeks) many of the NVA units which later became the targets handled by these very FAC's. Here is a short, interesting piece on the Elliot controllers as they "parcel out the constant stream of F-100s,F-4s, and A-1s that came into the Dak Poko Valley": fac-assoc.org --fl@thatwasntmybeautifullifehowdidigethere.com

To: unclewest who wrote (11796)	11/28/2001 5:27:15 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

The Challenge: A large group of Taliban soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand dune. "One U S Special Forces soldier is better than ten Taliban." The Taliban commander quickly sends 10 of his best soldiers over the dune whereupon a gun battle breaks and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice then calls out "One U S Special Forces soldier is better than one hundred Taliban." Furious, the Taliban commander sends his next best 100 troops over the dune and instantly a huge gunfight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence. The American voice calls out again "One U S Special Forces soldier is better than one thousand Taliban." The enraged Taliban Commander musters one thousand fighters and sends them across the dune. Cannons, rockets and machineguns ring out as a huge battle is fought. Then silence. Eventually one wounded Taliban fighter crawls back over the dune and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men, it's a trap. There's actually two of them."