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Parris Island Marine Corps Base


Name: Parris Island Marine Corps Base
Category: Military
Archive ID#: SC3142
 
Description: Principal east-of-the-Mississippi Boot Camp for the Marine Corps. 18,000 recruits graduate every year. Also home of the Drill Instructors school. Covers 8,095 acres of islands and marshlands at the southern coast of South Carolina. The Marine Corps' Beaufort Air Station is located eight miles north.
Location: 70 miles S of Charleston, seven miles S of Beaufort
(POINT(-80.682 32.3502))
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Address: P.O. Box 5059
Parris Island SC, 29905
Visitor Info: Visitors are welcome to visit some parts of the base, and there is a museum.
Links: http://www.mcrdpi.usmc.mil/
LCS: Military, Training / Testing / Bombing Range
   
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