The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis: Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training

by Keith Fleming

Book Overview

The history of a tragic event in USMC history and of how its impact led to reforms

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 Corps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570038848
• ISBN13: 9781570038846
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"