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unusual facts about Basic School



Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.

After completing The Basic School at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Chapman served with the 1st Battalion, 10th Marines at Quantico, Virginia, from April 1936 until August 1937.

Shane Schofield

He then decided to become a ground soldier and returned to Basic School in Quantico, Virginia.


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Ann Harriet Hughes

She was born at Talsarnau in Merionethshire, the daughter of a miller, and had a basic school education.

Wallace H. Robinson

After completing The Basic School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February 1941, he attended the Base Weapons Course, Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia, and on graduation in June 1941, joined 5th Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.