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New recruits exit a train at the station in Yemassee, S.C., in the 1950's. Depending on when they arrived, the recruits would either spend the night in a barracks in Yemassee or they would be processed and sent directly to Parris Island by way of bus or cattle car. The use of the Yemassee train station ended in June 1965.

New recruits exit a train at the station in Yemassee, S.C., in the 1950's. Depending on when they arrived, the recruits would either spend the night in a barracks in Yemassee or they would be processed and sent directly to Parris Island by way of bus or cattle car. The use of the Yemassee train station ended in June 1965.

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Sgt. Jonathan Owens, senior drill instructor assigned to Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, greets golfers before a tournament at the Legends at Parris Island golf course June 8, 2015. The "receiving" tournament was the first of four scheduled tournaments leading up to the celebration of Parris Island's centennial anniversary in October.

Sgt. Jonathan Owens, senior drill instructor assigned to Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, greets golfers before a tournament at the Legends at Parris Island golf course June 8, 2015. The "receiving" tournament was the first of four scheduled tournaments leading up to the celebration of Parris Island's centennial anniversary in October.

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Sgt. Jonathan Owens, senior drill instructor assigned to Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, greets golfers before a tournament at the Legends at Parris Island golf course June 8, 2015. The "receiving" tournament was the first of four scheduled tournaments leading up to the celebration of Parris Island's centennial anniversary in October.

Sgt. Jonathan Owens, senior drill instructor assigned to Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, greets golfers before a tournament at the Legends at Parris Island golf course June 8, 2015. The "receiving" tournament was the first of four scheduled tournaments leading up to the celebration of Parris Island's centennial anniversary in October.

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Team I B Pro-fun gathers at the finish line after completing the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. Team I B Profun won the race with a time of seven hours and 26 minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Team I B Pro-fun gathers at the finish line after completing the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. Team I B Profun won the race with a time of seven hours and 26 minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz

Team WFT - Black Shirts participates in the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. The WFT - Black Shirts finished the race in nine hours and two minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Team WFT - Black Shirts participates in the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. The WFT - Black Shirts finished the race in nine hours and two minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz

Marines with 1st Recruit Training Battalion celebrate after completing the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. The 1st Recruit Training Bn. team finished third with a time of seven hours and 44 minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Marines with 1st Recruit Training Battalion celebrate after completing the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. The 1st Recruit Training Bn. team finished third with a time of seven hours and 44 minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

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Team I B Profun participates in the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. Team I B Profun won the race with a time of seven hours and 26 minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Team I B Profun participates in the Centennial 100k Relay Race aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 16, 2015. Team I B Profun won the race with a time of seven hours and 26 minutes. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Allison Lotz

A drill instructor shows recruits different training items in this circa 1956 photo on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. This gear was very similar to the kind they would use as Marines.

A drill instructor shows recruits different training items in this circa 1956 photo on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. This gear was very similar to the kind they would use as Marines.

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New Orleans, LA (Sep 5, 2005--AMT Jay Wright's helmet frames the New Orleans flooding from Hurricane Katrina. USCG Photo by Gary Johnson, USCGAUX

New Orleans, LA (Sep 5, 2005--AMT Jay Wright's helmet frames the New Orleans flooding from Hurricane Katrina. USCG Photo by Gary Johnson, USCGAUX

Photo by GARY JOHNSON, USCGAUX

<p>''Katrina is comparable in intensity to Hurricane Camille of 1969, only larger,''warned the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, August 28, 2005. By this time, Hurricane Katrina was set to become one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States, with winds of 257 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour) and stronger gusts. The air pressure, another indicator of hurricane strength, at the center of this Category 5 storm measured 902 millibars, the fourth lowest air pressure on record for an Atlantic storm. The lower the air pressure, the more powerful the storm. </p> <p>Two hours after the National Hurricane Center issued their warning, the Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this image from NASA's Terra satellite at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. The massive storm covers much of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning from the U.S. coast to the Yucatan Peninsula.</p> <p>The large image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The image is available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2005240-0828/Katrina.A2005240.1700 additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.</p><p>NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response Team at Goddard Space Flight Center</p>

NASA Identifier: ge_15395

<p>''Katrina is comparable in intensity to Hurricane Camille of 1969, only larger,''warned the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, August 28, 2005. By this time, Hurricane Katrina was set to become one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States, with winds of 257 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour) and stronger gusts. The air pressure, another indicator of hurricane strength, at the center of this Category 5 storm measured 902 millibars, the fourth lowest air pressure on record for an Atlantic storm. The lower the air pressure, the more powerful the storm. </p> <p>Two hours after the National Hurricane Center issued their warning, the Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this image from NASA's Terra satellite at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. The massive storm covers much of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning from the U.S. coast to the Yucatan Peninsula.</p> <p>The large image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The image is available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2005240-0828/Katrina.A2005240.1700 additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.</p><p>NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response Team at Goddard Space Flight Center</p> NASA Identifier: ge_15395

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NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 6, 2005) - Members of the Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley Disaster Response Team and the Miami-Dade Urban Search and Rescue Team mark a house here today to show that it has been searched for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Teams are conducting massive search efforts for anyone who may still be trapped by the floodwaters. USCG photo by PO Robert Reed.

NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 6, 2005) - Members of the Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley Disaster Response Team and the Miami-Dade Urban Search and Rescue Team mark a house here today to show that it has been searched for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Teams are conducting massive search efforts for anyone who may still be trapped by the floodwaters. USCG photo by PO Robert Reed.

Photo by PO ROBERT REED

The 1940 South Carolina hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane.

The 1940 South Carolina hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane.

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NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 30, 2005) - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Beaty, 29, of Long Island, N.Y., looks for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina here today. Beaty is a member of an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew sent from Clearwater, Fla., to assist in search and rescue efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 30, 2005) - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Beaty, 29, of Long Island, N.Y., looks for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina here today. Beaty is a member of an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew sent from Clearwater, Fla., to assist in search and rescue efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

Photo by PA2 NYXOLYNO CANGEMI

GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept, 6, 2005) Coast Guard Station Gulfport Mississippi destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. USCG photo by Lt.j.g Earl Lingerfelt.

GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept, 6, 2005) Coast Guard Station Gulfport Mississippi destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. USCG photo by Lt.j.g Earl Lingerfelt.

Photo by LTJG EARL LINGERFELT

Hurricane Gracie hit Parris Island in September 1959.

Hurricane Gracie hit Parris Island in September 1959.

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GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept, 6, 2005) Coast Guard Station Gulfport Mississippi destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. USCG photo by Lt.j.g Earl Lingerfelt.

GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept, 6, 2005) Coast Guard Station Gulfport Mississippi destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. USCG photo by Lt.j.g Earl Lingerfelt.

Photo by LTJG EARL LINGERFELT

Hurricane Gracie hit Parris Island in September 1959.

Hurricane Gracie hit Parris Island in September 1959.

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Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green (left) salutes during the pass in review of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, April 10, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Green, from Jackson, Miss., was the parade reviewing official for Delta Company’s graduation ceremony. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green (left) salutes during the pass in review of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, April 10, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Green, from Jackson, Miss., was the parade reviewing official for Delta Company’s graduation ceremony. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)

Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert

Alligator kept by World War II era Marines on Parris Island.

Alligator kept by World War II era Marines on Parris Island.

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Rifle range coaches wear sombreros.
Photo circa 1918

Rifle range coaches wear sombreros. Photo circa 1918

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Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island