A Marine Corps Boot: In Cold-War Parris Island

Rating:
Summary: Once A Marine Always A Marine
Review: As famous ex-Marine Art Art Buchwald stated: "You cannot make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you are doing is recording it." Indeed, Parris Island was (is?) a hell-hole, and author Chris Madeira, Jr. records that fact. Other books by authors like Zell Miller focus on how marines gain human values at boot camp, but Madeira records the reality of the follies that have occured there. I think this is a "must read" for any leatherneck, parents whose children are contemplating a tour of duty in the Corps, and for the rest of us to develop an understanding of what being a U. S. Marine really means.

Rating:
Summary: Once A Marine Always A Marine
Review: As famous ex-Marine Art Art Buchwald stated: "You cannot make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you are doing is recording it." Indeed, Parris Island was (is?) a hell-hole, and author Chris Madeira, Jr. records that fact. Other books by authors like Zell Miller focus on how marines gain human values at boot camp, but Madeira records the reality of the follies that have occured there. I think this is a "must read" for any leatherneck, parents whose children are contemplating a tour of duty in the Corps, and for the rest of us to develop an understanding of what being a U. S. Marine really means.