Archives Branch, USMC History Division
War Dog, ca. 1941-1945
"'Mike', the mascot of the Marine Corps recruits in training at the recruit depot on Parris Island, S.C. stands guard under stacked arms as the 'Boots' (background) march off to another class. War is a grim business to 'Mike' who has watched thousands of men transformed from mild civilians to the hardest hitting troops in Uncle Sam's armed forces."
From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
War Dog, ca. 1941-1945
"'Mike', the mascot of the Marine Corps recruits in training at the recruit depot on Parris Island, S.C. stands guard under stacked arms as the 'Boots' (background) march off to another class. War is a grim business to 'Mike' who has watched thousands of men transformed from mild civilians to the hardest hitting troops in Uncle Sam's armed forces."
From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections