I joined ITDF for $1

Somewhere between Honolulu and Tokyo flying at 35,000 feet I became only the third member of the International Tap Dancers Federation.

I was enroute to Vietnam and had the lucky or unlucky seat next to a guy by the name of Tom Chapman.

After a brief exchange I told him I was on my way to Vietnam, and that followed with his telling me how wrong the war was. This was Feb. 7, 1969.

Then he told me hi...