Parris Island 1968

Authors

  • Michael Nixon Author

Keywords:

Parris Island, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, basic training, The Naked and the Dead

Abstract

In this memoir-like piece, a seventeen-year-old enlistee carrying a paperback of The Naked and the Dead arrives at Parris Island in March 1968 and endures his first day under the drill instructors.

Author Biography

  • Michael Nixon

    Michael Nixon is a retired tax attorney. He was on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1968 to 1972; he did not serve in Vietnam. In addition to his law degrees, he holds an MA in creative writing from Wilkes University. In 2016, he was selected as a Norman Mailer Center Nonfiction Fellow. He lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. “Parris Island 1968” is an excerpt from his yet unpublished memoir, Nowhere Else to Go: Parris Island and the Making of a Marine.

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Published

2020-10-15

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Creative Works

How to Cite

Nixon, Michael. “Parris Island 1968”. The Mailer Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Oct. 2020, pp. 321–327, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/755.