"Bob
Shirley tells it like it was. Shirley is a skilled story
teller who writes of his 1958 Parris Island boot training
as though it was yesterday. Parris Island Daze is an entertaining
and excellent read that is recommended to all Marines and
civilians alike. Well done!"
Eugene
Alvarez, Ph.D.
Former Parris Island drill instructor
and author of Parris Island books
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"If you have been there and done that, Parris Island Daze
will keep your attention from cover to cover. Bob Shirley has captured
the sights, sounds and smell that can only be Marine Corps Boot Camp.
You will revisit and relive the experience, this time smiling or
laughing out loud without fear of an Adam's apple massage or drop
down for twenty!"
Chuck
Taliano, Sgt. T,
Rose Garden DI
(drill instructor on front cover)
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"This
book made me smile, chuckle, and laugh out loud, as well
as drop a tear or two. It should be required reading
for all family members of anyone who has gone or is going
through boot camp. My husband's drill instructor was tougher
than yours."
Diana
Waldron
Proud wife of a U.S. Marine |
"My good friend, Bob Shirley, has taken
the nightmare of boot camp and turned it into a comedic retreat.
His ability to recall his experiences, looking at them from
almost 50 years later, has provided a unique and valuable sense
of what it all means to be a U.S. Marine. I am now able to
look back at my Parris Island daze with a strange fondness
not before noticed. Thanks, Bob!"
Major Margaret Miller Weitzel,
USMC
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Send
Me Your Funny Boot Camp Story
Send
me your funny experience about boot camp. No, it may not
have been funny then, but looking back it's funny now. If
your funny experience is published in the sequel to this
book, Return To Parris Island Daze, I will include your name
(if desired) in the Acknowledgments and mail you an autographed
copy of the book.
E-Mail your
funny story, whether it's from the recruit or the drill instructor
perspective share with your buddies how it was in "the
old Corps."
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