Ebook: Parris Island: ''the cradle of the corps'': a history of the United States Marine Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1562-2015

The beginning, 1562-1900 -- The uncertain years, 1900-1915 -- The cradle of the corps, 1914-1917 -- WWI, 1917-1918 -- Post WWI years, 1919-1929 -- Recruit training in the 1920s & '30s -- From Depression to Boom, 1930-1939 -- To the Pacific's distant shores, 1940-45 -- The respite btw the Wars, 1946-1949 -- Parris Island in the '50s -- Recruit training & tragedy at Ribbon Creek, 1950-56 -- Repercussions and recruit training, 1956-59 -- Parris Island and the Vietnam War era, 1960-69 -- Same mission, new image, 1970-89 -- Parris Island in the '90s ... into the crucible -- A 'transformation in training' Parris Island and the evolving 'war on terror', 1987-2015 -- "We make Marines" ... Parris Island and a century of service to the nation, 1915-2015 -- Appendices: Mascots -- Monuments -- Myths and truths of recruit training -- The Drill Instructor: discipline, endurance, and 'esprit de corps' -- Chronological reference of events at USMC Parris Island 1562-2002 -- Strength of the USMC, 1775-2014 -- Acquisition of Parris Island land tracts to 1941 -- Recruits trained during WWI, WW2 -- Commandants 1775-2015 -- Commanders and commanding generals, Marine Corps Activities, MCRD, 1884-2014 -- Lineage -- Periods of recruit training -- Battalions in operation by yearly count -- # of recruits processed 6/1915-6/1941 -- Depot initiates company track program 'Parris Island goes from series to company level training" -- Line Self-Defense Program -- "The Crucible" operations order -- Listings of charts, maps, photographs.;Here, for the first time, author and former Parris Island drill-instructor Eugene Alvarez records the training and tough physical and mental challenges that have helped to churn thousands of Marines out of Parris Island, South Carolina for nearly a century. Drawn from first-hand accounts of recruits themselves, the memories and recollections in these pages are humorous, sad, profane and enlightening--describing a training program that, on first encounter, often appears insane. But the results are clear: a disciplined Marine with a proud history that he or she carries proudly in peace time or war.