1956 RIBBON CREEK

Six U.S Marine recruits drowned on the night of 8 April 1956 in a swampy marsh on Parris Island, SC when their Drill Instructor, SSgt Matthew McKeon ordered the men of Platoon 71 into the water as part of a nighttime disciplinary march

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