Also unmentioned was that in 1956 after the Ribbon Creek incident, in which six Marine Corps recruits were marched into the Parris Island swamps by their Drill Instructor and drowned. Assigned to investigate the incident, Inspector General George M. Shoup was given the job. Shoup advised that the event should not be covered up and upon his recommendations of an overhaul of the Recruit Training Program won him favorable recognition and thereafter led to a series of promotions that landed him the Commandant’s position, nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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