Robinson, Robbie

Born Harold Banta Robinson in Newport, RI on 5 August 1946, son of a US Naval military officer, Robbie lived all over the world following his father's duty stations for the first 15 years of his life.

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...