Recruits aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island write letters home to their loved ones on August 9. Letters are the only means of communication between recruits and their loved ones and often serve as the only source of information from the outside world. Photos by Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd/USMC
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