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A recruit platoon undergoes close order drill at MCRD, Parris Island, in mid-World War II.
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A recruit platoon undergoes close order drill at MCRD, Parris Island, in mid-World War II.
The hardest thing to teach troops was oblique (rhymes with strike according to the manual) marching... the dress fell apart after only three or four steps.