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Archive: January, 2003

Tradition, Now serving number 17, 18, 19

In December 1947, a young man from Southern Wisconsin walked into his local Marine Corps recruiting office. Looking to escape the cold and snow of Wisconsin, the young man asked the recruiter, "Can you promise to send me someplace warm?"The recruiter promised him that, within a month, he could have him in Parris Island, S.C., attending recruit