"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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My son-in-law, who was in the Navy about 30 years ago,
mentioned at
dinner today that the guy who graduated #1in his platoon at
Marine
boot camp was given a set of blues, free.

I think that's an urban legend. It certainly wasn't the case
when I
went through Parris Island in 1946.

I was stationed at PI in 1953 and that wasn't the case then, but
I think that they did that for a while in the 70's when I was at
MCAS Beaufort.

Leanne

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