OLIVER'S FIRST RETURN TO PARRIS ISLAND 

NOVEMBER 1994

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THIS WAS TAKEN INSIDE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WOODEN BARRACKS. IN 1994, IT WAS BEING USED AS TRAVEL AGENCY AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO AND STORAGE AREA.

THIS WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE THE FAR END OF THE NEW SWIMMING POOL. 

PLATOON 233 BARRACKS WAS LOCATED ON THE SAME LOCATION 32 YEARS EARLIER. 

PLATOON 233 BARRACKS WAS LOCATED ON THE SAME LOCATION. 

OLIVER REMEMBERS DOING PT'S IN THE OPEN FIELD ACROSS THE WALK WAY.  

SIGN TO THE OFFICE OF SECOND BATTALION. 

PLATOON 233 WAS IN THE SECOND BATTALION.

WE JUST HAPPEN TO FIND AN OLD SECOND BATTALION DOOR MAT BEING USED OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL WOOD BARRACKS. 

OLIVER SITTING OUT SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL WOODEN BARRACKS AT YEMASSEE, SC.

YOUNG MEN ON THEIR WAY TO BASIC TRAINING WOULD GET OFF A TRAIN, FROM 1920 - 1968, WOULD SPENT THEIR FIRST HOURS AS RECRUITS IN THE BARRACKS WAITING FOR TRANSPORTATION TO PARRIS ISLAND.

SMALLER COPY OF THE IWO JIMA MONUMENT IN WASHINGTON D.C.

THIS ONE IS LOCATED BESIDE THE PARADE GROUND AT PARRIS ISLAND.