A few days after [General David Shoup] made his first inspection tour of the island, the following memo was posted on the bulletin boards of all units:
FROM THE COMMANDING GENERAL, REGARDING SWAGGER STICKS:
If you need one, carry one.
The next day, not a swagger stick was to be seen on Parris Island. If you go there now, almost thirty years later, you still won't find one.
- Owen Edwards
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