US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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Commanding General .,,., , ..,. W History of Parris Island New Arrivals ,.,.,Y,,..,,.,, Processing In .,,.v, Initial Issue ,.,.,.,,..,, I Sending Civies Home . ,,., , Physical Examination ,,,,,..,,,.. Dental Examination Classification ,,.,,.. , ,,..,. Strength Test Equipment Issue ,,,., Rifle Issue Main Station ...,, Military Steps Manual of Arms ..,,, Physical Training ,,,.,, The Rifle Creed , Rifle Class -. v,,, Chow ..,,, . ,,,. Guard Duty ,.,,. Wash, Press ,,,.., Free Time Mail Call ,,,,., Fire Watch Reporting ,,,, ,. Field Day ,,,,,, I Gear Layout 7,,., I Rifle Range ,,i,,,,.,,.. , Marksmanship Instruction Snapping-In 7,,., ,,,i,, ,,,, . Target Detail ,.,,, Record Day , ,r,.,r Rifle and Pistol Team ,,,,,. ., ,,., . Cleaning Racks ,,,,,,, Pistol I ,,,Yt.,,.,,,.,., t B. A. R. ,,,., . Swimming ..,,, Mess Duty tfuffr u.,g.fe Elliot's Beach .......,,.., 60-Day Examination ,,.. s Final Field .,..VV Bayonet ,,,. ,. Judo tu.ttt,..,..,eft. . Uniform Issue ..,.. ,...ff. Parades -. ,,.,,.,,,, Reviews .,...V,...t,.. - ..V.f,,., ...f..f.. - Platoon Awards .,,,.t, .t...f,.vV.. . American Spirit Honor M edal Blues Award I .....,r..,.,, ..,.. t t Recruit of the Day ..,,,. ..,.... Religious Life ...,. . .,,,,, Athletic Field Meet ,.,,., Hostess House .,..,,,. ....,.. Headquarters W ,,... ,, Post Office ..,, , e,,,.., ,, ..,i,. Post Exchange .,,,, .,,, . War Memorial Building . Final Inspection , I ,, P. X. Purchases Platoon Picture , , Platoon Graduation ,, Shipping Out , s s Iron Mike All Rights Reserved ALBERT LOVE ENTERPRISES Atlanta, Georgia

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,aw-x Awe, BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE R. E. SHELL USMC C ornrnanding General, Recruit Training C onznzanaf RIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE RICHARD EDWIN SHELL, whose outstanding service as a Marine artillery commander earned him a Legion of Merit Medal in World War II, assumed duty as Com- manding General, Recruit Training Command, Parris Island, South Carolina, on 25 May 1957. The General commanded the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Ma- rine Division, during the Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Saipan campaigns of World War II. ' Following World War II, General Shell served on the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as a member of the Joint. Strategic Plans Group, the National Security Council Staff, and Staff Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Representative to the National Security Council. He also served as Staff Planning Officer in the Policy Branch, Plans, Policy and Operations Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe. Prior to assuming command at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, he served as Commanding General, lst Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, in Hawaii. In addition to the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart Medal, General Shell's medals and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with three bronze stars, American Area Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and National Defense Service Medal. General Shell was born October 20, 1908, at Phoebus, Virginia, and graduated from high school at Hampton, Va., in 1927. He then at- tended the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, graduating in 1931 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He was appointed a Marine second lieutenant on june 11, 1951. The following month he entered the Marine ofliceris basic school at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. ' General Shell is married to the former Alice Cushing, and they have three children: Elizabeth, Beverly and George. 7' L I, MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT AB. LUCKEY USMC . 1- Commanding General, Marine C orpr Recruit Depot MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT BURNESTONE LUCKEY, who saw action with Marine Artillery units at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Okinawa in World War II, and is also a veteran of pre-war sea duty and expeditionary service in Nicaragua and China, assumed duty as Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, on 3 July 1957. During World War II, among other jobs the General served as Regimental executive ofhcerg of the 11th Marines at Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester and as commander of the 15th Marines Cartilleryj at Okinawa, Guam and Tsingtao, China during the surrender and repatriation of Japanese forces. Since World War II, the General has served as Division Artillery Officer with the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune and commander of the 4th and 10th Marines. He commanded the Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C., for two years, then returned to Camp Leieune in july 1951 to serve as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 2nd Marine Division and later as Chief of Staff. In June 1953 he became Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps School at Quantico, Va. In September 1954, General Luckey returned to Camp Leieune where he served as Commanding General, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic until june 1955. He then reported at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C., as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 CPlansJ, and served in that capacity until june 1956, when he became Deputy Chief of Staff fResearch and Devel- opmentl. The General was promoted to his present rank November 1, 1956. In addition to the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal with Gold Star in lieu of a second, General Luckey holds the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with two bronze stars, the Navy Unit Citation Ribbong the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal with Base claspg the American Area Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with four bronze stars, the Worltl War ll Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medalg the Nicaraguan Medal of Merit and the Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner. General Luckey was born july 9, 1905, in Hyattsville, Md., graduated from the University of Maryland in 1927, and was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant August 6 of that year. He completed the Basic School for Marine Corps officers at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in February, 1928. The General is married to the former Miss Cary Walker of Vineyard Haven, Mass. They have a daughter, Laura, and two sons, Thomas and William. f 1. ' I