My Heritage And Youth

I came from a grandfather,who remembered signs that said, "No Dogs,No Blacks,No Irish". My Grandfather had to leave Ireland due to his participation in the Easter Uprising or face death by hanging.
He went to Mexico where he was involved with supporters of Zapatista.
He went to the Bronx in New York City when Zapatista was killed.
I became a member of a gang called The Tri-Nations because it had European,African, and Hispanic members.
The Tri-Nations became a "revolutionary" organization before it was destroyed by "the powers that be".
It couldn't defeat the local,county,state,federal police who waged a war against it.
I was on my way to at least 15 years in prison at age fifteen.
I got a plea bargain that sent me into the US Marine Corps when I graduated high school at 16. Another part of the plea deal was that I would be sent to Vietnam.
After basic training and counter-insurgency and body guard training,I took my first airplane flight overseas to Vietnam.