In the initial replies to this post, there was some doubt as to whether RaceBannon was what he said he was, when he was. I was stationed at kaneohe MCAS from 1981 thru 1984, I had liberty in Mombasa in 1983 with MAU-37 during the infamous 11 month float that had us sitting off the coast of Beirut for a couple of months. There is no doubt in my mind at all that RaceBannon was a K-Bay Marine in the early eighties. I also find it believable that an 18 year old Barry would stick out in the Oahu of that time. It can’t be proven of course, but I believe RaceBannon may have had a close encounter of the manchurian kind ;)
Semper Fi, Brutha!