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Tom's Guest War Dogs of the Week: Two Marines, the new and the old
This photograph reminds me of the book I wrote many years ago about Parris Island, Making the Corps.
By Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
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