X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island


C. S. Magaoay

He graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in 2004 and went on to Marine Corps Combat Training at Marine Corps Camp Gieger.

Frances Dana Barker Gage

Parris Island, South Carolina, a refuge for over 500 freed slaves.

Goodnight Saigon

It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.

Leo Pinsky

He went through basic training at Parris Island and also trained at Camp Lejeune under the legendary Marine officer Lewis "Chesty" Puller.

Robert Ingersoll Aitken

His works include the Science fountain and Great Rivers statues at the Missouri State Capitol, the "Iron Mike" statue at Parris Island, South Carolina, several military sculptures at West Point, the Temple of Music and the Dewey Monument in San Francisco, California, and sculptural works for the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Stanley G. Benner

After training at the Marine Corps' recruit depot at Parris Island, S.C., he arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on January 21, 1941.

We Are the Marines

The film's midsection details the arduous training procedure of the Few and the Proud at Parris Island and elsewhere.


Gerald C. Thomas

He completed boot camp at Parris Island and then joined the 1st Battalion 6th Marines

Marine Corps War Memorial

There also are scaled-down replicas at three marine bases: just outside the front gate of Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, adjacent to the parade deck at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, and just inside the main gate at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawaii.

Robert M. McTureous, Jr.

Private McTureous was sent to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, for his recruit training where he qualified as a sharpshooter with both the M1 Garand and the Browning Automatic Rifle by virtue of his 291 and 112 scores, respectively.

U.S. Route 21

In the Beaufort area, US 21 passes by the entrances to Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort, the major Marine Corps installations in the area.

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.


see also