David Panagotis:  

I was on a slow boat to China, and actually was in the Orient a long time. Rumor is that I as drafted and disappeared, and I still have not recovered. It's nice, though, to remember people and not be forgotten. My best friend in Ocala, Roger D., said over the phone to me that he hasn't seen me in about 50 years. I worked as a musician, singer, and recording artist in Manhattan's West Greenwich Village for a while, but soon cut my hair and began work at the NY Stock Exchange. I did well, but on Memorial Day, 1969, there were some major changes in politics in the country, as a few might well remember, and my family in New York thought I might do better in Vietnam, I guess. True, I knew not much about the crowded sidewalks and the endless procession of strangers rushing about on the New York City street...Expand for more