My (who I subsequently learnt very autistic) friend could identify the state of origin of number plates of cars based on their text colour. Some states had number plates written in slightly different shades of blue so this wasn’t that easy.
For them to remember the make and model was easy.












Someone far more educated than me can correct me but I believe he was kind of politically wedged on Vietnam. He had to do it to sure up support domestically from my vague recollection. That isn’t to say he was correct or right to do it. Vietnam is a blight on LBJ’s record.