VP-40 NFO

In 1968 I was a navy Lieutenant assigned to COMNAVFORV, Saigon. Being young and foolish, I volunteered for any TDY that got me out of the office (it’s Friday, only 2 more workdays to Monday!). Accordingly, I became the Navy rep on country wide investigation of the Military Exchange system. In short, a ~3 week ‘tour’ of Vietnam. Our team leader, an air force LTCOL (WW-2/Korean vet), knew the ‘White Whale’, on days when the General didn’t need his taxi, was just another Air Force C-123. Basically, it was a standard C-123, with a VIP ‘pallet’ mounted in the forward end and ‘White Whale’ paint