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The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis: Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training
The US Marine Corps in Crisis Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training
Author: Keith Fleming
In 1956 a Marine drill instructor led his recruit platoon on a punitive night march across Ribbon Creek, a tidal stream at the Parris Island, South Carolina, recruit depot. Six men drowned, and the resulting court-martial became a national media sensation putting the future of the corps into question. Written by a senior historian at the Marine ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781570038846
ISBN-10: 1570038848
Publication Date: 11/30/2009
Pages: 168
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Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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