| This story is about a recruit that tried to escape | | | | tree when a vehicle was approaching so that the |
| from Parris Island doing recruit training during the 80s. | | | | headlights would not pick him up. |
| At the time, he was actually in rehab because he had | | | | Once he made it to the front gate, he had noticed |
| broken his foot. He had broken his foot doing wind | | | | that there was only one guard on duty and the |
| sprints during his first phase of training. When you're | | | | guard wasn't really all that attentive. The guard was |
| injured during boot camp, they put you into a special | | | | watching TV and every 10 minutes or so, he would |
| medical rehab platoon until you have been healed. | | | | go out and walk around. He knew that his chances of |
| He escaped during the night by pretending that he | | | | getting caught at the main gate were high, but he |
| was going outside for fire watch duty. He was fully | | | | didn't have a choice. That was his only way to |
| dressed in his 782 gear. First of all, he headed into | | | | escape. |
| the woods that was assigned to third Battalion and | | | | He ended up crawling very low to the ground at the |
| during that first evening, he managed to map out in | | | | edge of the causeway that lined the swamp. He did |
| his mind the complete wooded area. He spent the | | | | manage to sneak past the guard. |
| whole next day sleeping underneath the liner to his | | | | Later on he was caught by a police officer in |
| poncho. The next evening, he was low on water and | | | | Beauport. The friendly police officer actually bought |
| he had to sneak into the exercise field to fill up his | | | | him breakfast and chatting about how he had |
| canteen. | | | | managed to escape. When the escapee was |
| That second evening, he tried to make his way to | | | | returned to the Corps, he was told that he was too |
| the head gate. If you're not familiar with Parris Island, | | | | valuable and that he wasn't going to be sent home. |
| there is a sort of causeway that leads to the front | | | | He actually did graduate from boot camp at Parris |
| gate that is lined by a bunch of skinny palm trees. | | | | Island and then went on to serve almost a decade in |
| What he did was he actually walked down the middle | | | | the Marines. |
| of the causeway and scurried and hid behind a palm | | | | |