His family moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in the 1960's when his father retired from military service. Robbie spent several years in Mexico and in the mid-1960's was swept up in the military build-up for Vietnam. Robbie joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966 and served a tour of duty in Vietnam: 1966-1967. He was a machine-gunner, carrying the M60 machine-gun, in "G" Company, Weapons Pla...