My husband was an observer on the 38th in late May early June of 1962 when he returned fire and saved the life of a Navy Pilot and crew after they lost one engine while spraying the 38th. Our questions are were any of your planes painted white and if so were any retrofit with spray equipment and sprayed the 38th with herbicides? We are trying to prove that herbicides were used in in 1962.
I got that information off the history on this web site. I just looked at DANFS and it says Nov 23, 1961 - May 1962. You should know where you got off the ship, so I guess it was before you were discharged.