Parris Island: ''the cradle of the corps'': a history of the United States Marine Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1562-2015 [Revised edition] 9781514455333, 1514455331

The beginning, 1562-1900 -- The uncertain years, 1900-1915 -- The cradle of the corps, 1914-1917 -- WWI, 1917-1918 -- Po

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Parris Island: ''the cradle of the corps'': a history of the United States Marine Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1562-2015 [Revised edition]
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Eugene;Daugherty
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Table of contents :
The beginning, 1562-1900 --
The uncertain years, 1900-1915 --
The cradle of the corps, 1914-1917 --
WWI, 1917-1918 --
Post WWI years, 1919-1929 --
Recruit training in the 1920s & '30s --
From Depression to Boom, 1930-1939 --
To the Pacific's distant shores, 1940-45 --
The respite btw the Wars, 1946-1949 --
Parris Island in the '50s --
Recruit training & tragedy at Ribbon Creek, 1950-56 --
Repercussions and recruit training, 1956-59 --
Parris Island and the Vietnam War era, 1960-69 --
Same mission, new image, 1970-89 --
Parris Island in the '90s ... into the crucible --
A 'transformation in training' Parris Island and the evolving 'war on terror', 1987-2015 --
"We make Marines" ... Parris Island and a century of service to the nation, 1915-2015 --
Appendices: Mascots --
Monuments --
Myths and truths of recruit training --
The Drill Instructor: discipline, endurance, and 'esprit de corps' --
Chronological reference of events at USMC Parris Island 1562-2002 --
Strength of the USMC, 1775-2014 --
Acquisition of Parris Island land tracts to 1941 --
Recruits trained during WWI, WW2 --
Commandants 1775-2015 --
Commanders and commanding generals, Marine Corps Activities, MCRD, 1884-2014 --
Lineage --
Periods of recruit training --
Battalions in operation by yearly count --
# of recruits processed 6/1915-6/1941 --
Depot initiates company track program 'Parris Island goes from series to company level training" --
Line Self-Defense Program --
"The Crucible" operations order --
Listings of charts, maps, photographs.

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