It's funny. When we were actually doing it, it didn't seem all that heroic or even dangerous. Even getting the real "Mission Impossible" briefing where they tell you you will not be rescued if shot down, you will be disavowed by the government, and you are expected to commit suicide rather than be captured. It was just flying.
Decades later, however, at reunions of other FACs and troops, when told what we did, the universal response was "You did WHAT?" Considering that FACing itself was considered to be a near suicide job, that sorta made me realize that it wasn't so mundane a job after all.
