I was assigned to a ferry crew prior to my first arrival at our aircraft pickup point in New Hampshire.  I did now know any of  the other crew members nor even who they were, until I got to New Hampshire.  I do not remember the first names of our Co-Pilot nor our second Navigator.  I do remember the one's with whom I stayed and flew with for the year to come.        Lt. Col. Frank E. Hinkle ------- Aircraft Commander ** Deceased **        Maj. Harold R. Lagasse --------Pilot ** Deceased **        Captain  Larry Anderson --------------Co-Pilot        Major  Alfred 'Al' Matti --------------------- Navigator ** Deceased **        Capt. Robert M. Harris --------Navigator ** Deceased **        SSgt James C. Wheeler --------Flight Mechanic I believe it was Lt. Col. Hinkle, Major Matti, Captain Anderson and I left Grenier Field New Hampshire. We flew down to Lousiana to pick up one of our crewmembers, I think Captain Harris. From here we went on to Arizona, and I believe, picked up Major Lagasse. Then on out to California where we had two (2) two hundred and fifty (250) gallon fuel tanks temporarily installed on the cargo compartment floor, (these would be removed on arrival at Clark in the Philippines). With our additional fuel tanks fitted, we were off for McCord AFB in Washington State. This was be our jumping off point. Upon leaving here we were officially beginning our One Year Tour in Vietnam. We departed McCord on August 31st, 1966 and were on our way. Our route took us up to Alaska. Here we had a precautionary spark plug change, and as I was recently reminded by Col Hinkle, after locating him after some 31 years, that we also had an oil cooler leak repaired. From here we were down the Aleutian Island chain to Adak. From Adak it was on to Midway then Wake Island. We did have a piece of radio gear, can't remember what, changed at Wake Island. From Wake it was on to Guam and then Clark AB in the Phillipines. At Clark, we had the two spare fuel tanks, that were installed in the cargo floor removed. These tanks had a capicity of 250 gallons each. Had we flown to conserve fuel, we could have actually made it without these extra tanks as the most fuel we took on at any one place was 840 gallons. We carried 804 gallons in the regular wing tanks. Our navigators did an outstanding job of navigation.  Having on board a weather radar, we would pick up each of the Islands from about 100 miles out, and each time, they first appeared, coming right down the middle of the radar scope. From Clark AB, we went on to Tan Son Nhut AB, near Saigon.  We had no other problems of any kind through out our entire 13 day trip.   An experience I will never forget. Arrival at Tan Son Nhut AB