Surviving Serendipity

The doctor draft in the 1950s ended any thoughts of this author being a normal hometown physician. But it opened a whole new world of unexpected events people and places.From astronauts to Russian spies Hollywood stars to an acquitted multiple murderer and the John F. Kennedy family to a Nazi war-crimes scientist these events and interactions found their way into the life of a military doctor.Throw in 75 combat missions in Southeast Asia dinner with the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Air Force and a persistent FBI agent and this true story seems almost unbelievable.A local newspaper near the doctors previous residence called him the Forrest Gump of the Village. Judge for yourself as each serendipitous event unfolds ... one after another.