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

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Graduation THE LONG AWAITED DAY, recruit training is over. At Final Review, all things pertaining to Recruit Training. have been completed. Re- cruits become full-fledge Marines, reaping the rewards of the past weks of intensive training. Some- times this goal may have seemed unattainable. But now as they stand at attention and think back over the trials and hardships they have overcome, they know why it had to be that way. Today they are Men. When the Drill instructor gets the command to dismiss the pla- toon, you know the big day is over: your first step has been completed. You know that you will leave Parris island as a United States Marine. From this day on you will always be a Marine, no matter where you go or what you do for you have EARNED that title. ' ' ii..ils.. In it ' it i it it , ,, .. .ll , it it . , , it it ,, ,rx M itll , ..,, , H Q srl! . .n- g tn i ::r.?,,:5,.-r,ri. it V,-n,.'i r.L!l.1'i A ' ,,. g A . -gg .:. ,,.,,,,f-il . .v f afln-' . .L....-grae-f,..'.

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AMERICAN SPIRIT HONOR MEDAL The American Spirit Honor Medal is a Pmedallion offered and provided by the Citizens Committee for the Army, Navy and Air Force, Inc. of New York, N.Y. The American Spirit Honor Medal has been accepted by the Department of De- fense for use as an award to enlisted personnel who, while undergoing basic training, display outstanding qualities of leadership best expressing the American Spirit-Honor, Inititiative, Loyalty, and High Example to C omrades in Arms. This medallion has also been accepted by the Department of Defense for the promotion of closer ties between the Armed Services and Civil C ommanities of the continental United States in which the Armed Serv- ices establishments are located. EACH RECRUIT LOOKS FORWARD to graduation day and the awards presented during the ceremonies. Recruits are graded throughout training and those who have shown outstanding abilities may be selected for promotion to Private First Class. Not each man has the opportunity to be promoted. Promotions upon graduation are given to the top men in the platoon. Another phase which is highly competitive is on the rifle range. Each recruit looks forward to becoming a sharpshooter or expert so that he can receive his marksmanship badges upon graduation. SHOOTING MEDALS

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