Good things die hard.
Children crowd around one of the volunteers at the Armed Services YMCA NAS Barbers Point Branch for play morning, a nationally recognized mobile outdoor play program that provides child development activities. Though it s been more than 50 years, Bill Carter still beams with pride when he recalls the time he and a few of his buddies set out for a night of liberty in San Diego and ended up making a date with a movie star. It started out like an average evening for a couple of Marine Corps privates still in their teens. Lower Broadway offered the seedier side of a Sailor s life. As a young private, fresh out of boot camp, Carter spent many nights on shore patrol with Navy chiefs, keeping the overcrowded streets from becoming a drunken riot.