October 1965, CDR Clarence W. Stoddard, Jr., Executive Officer of VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet", flying an A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 "Paper Tiger II" from Carrier Air Wing Two aboard USS Midway carried a special package to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped.
572 was flown by CDR C. W. "Bill" Stoddard.