Manuel Matos:  

Life After I left Bushwick in 1977, I went into the army. Did my basic training at Ft Dix, New Jersey then went to Ft Eustis Virginia for Aviation School. From Ft Eustis, I got sent to my first overseas tour to Germany where I traveled a good part of Europe at the Army's expense. While in Germany, I got my first and only dear john letter (lol) from my high school sweetheart. In 1980, I reported to Panama and then in march of that year, I got sent up to Indian Town Gap Pennsylvania to work with the Cuban Refugees for 6 months. After my return to Panama, I started going to El Salvador as a military Advisor/Instructor/Interpreter to the Salvadorian Air Force during their Civil War. I was also sent to Honduras, Costa Rica, and Ecuador as an Interpreter. I served with the only Army Aviation Unit in Central America and we had a lot of search and rescue missions for Panama and some of the other Central American Countries. While stationed in Panama, I met the woman I wo...Expand for more