We will be closed from 5pm BST on Friday 1st May for the Early May bank holiday, re-opening at 8.30am BST on Tuesday 5th May. Any orders placed during this period will be processed when we re-open.
On April 8, 1956, drill instructor Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a forced night march through the backwaters of the Parris Island recruit depot in an effort to restore flagging discipline. An unexpectedly strong tidal current in Ribbon Creek swept over the recruits, and in the panic that followed
