The first time young Larry Bergquist felt the tug of Destiny was in 1924. then, as a yound seafarer on an extended break from his schooling, Bergquist first experienced the "mysterious East" - and he became determined to spend at least part of his life exploring the exotic region and meeting its mysterious inhabitants. He returned in 1928 as a twenty-three-year-old college graduate, freshly recruited by a great American oil company with important commercial interests throughout the area.
