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Parris Island

American  
[par-is] / ˈpær ɪs /

noun

  1. a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.


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Soon, the two young men and other recruits find themselves on a bus bound for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, which Cam mistakenly pictures as a camping excursion.

From Salon Oct. 10, 2025

Laid across this ostinato are various storylines involving recruits working out the issues that have brought them to this Parris Island of Misfit Boys.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

Dalton Beals of Pennsville, N.J., on June 4, 2021, at the Marines’ recruiting depot on Parris Island.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2023

There have been a number of recruit deaths over the years at Parris Island, which has been training Marines since 1915 on the island off South Carolina’s coast.

From Seattle Times Jul. 29, 2023

Young Marine trainees line up to have their hair shorn at training camp in Parris Island, South Carolina, 1971.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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