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'I've Never Loved Anything So Selflessly': A Parris Island Marine Remembers A Bulldog

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The rain stopped and the clouds parted minutes before the funeral, and the sun filtered through an oak, casting splotchy shadows around the podium where a young Marine shared stories of her friend before he was laid to rest.

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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And no one knows that better than military service members and we have the pictures to prove it.

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Parris Island Mascot Cpl Legend Passes Away

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Cpl. Legend, a mascot who has served as a Parris Island morale booster since 2011, died Sept. 17, according to a release from the depot.

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This Furry Poolee Is About To Make History At Parris Island

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She's the first, or will be -- as soon as she completes "recruit training."

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If You Thought Chesty The Bulldog Was The Original Corps Mascot, You’d Be Wrong

History
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Just about anyone who’s met a Marine knows the story of World War I’s Battle of Belleau Wood — it’s usually the second thing a jarhead will tell you. (The first is that they’re in the Marine Corps.)

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