Parris Island
Americannoun
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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
“We have established a tried-and-true manner by which we train Marines that proves effective in transforming young Americans,” he said in a recent interview at Parris Island.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023
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
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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