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
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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