To: PROCON
I remember seeing a news story from the 1980s were a Marine DI on Paris Island marched his recruits into a swamp with full packs. Four or five drowned if I recall the story correctly.
18 posted on
06/10/2021 9:52:49 AM PDT by
4yearlurker
("My brain has a mind of it's own!"-what my 8 year old granddaughter told me.)
To: 4yearlurker
That was 1956; it was referred to as the “Ribbon Creek Death March”. Six recruits drowned.
22 posted on
06/10/2021 10:02:22 AM PDT by
Captain Walker
("Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things." - G. K. Chesterton)
To: 4yearlurker
Happens from time to time, a few guys died[4] in Ranger school in Florida phase in 95. Another soldier died this past March. Rip, RLTW.
31 posted on
06/10/2021 10:16:13 AM PDT by
Theoria
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