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It's hard to imagine a more qualified guide to the Ribbon Creek story.... At each point in the narrative, the author carefully explains the military background, legal relevance, and public relations significance of statements, events, and decisions.... The effort is so convincing that this work will certainly be the definitive statement on the facts of Ribbon Creek. -- Armed Forces and Society [A] fascinating look at the episode. -- Boston Sunday Herald Court-Martial at Parris Island has the brisk suspense of a John Grisham thriller with characters even more enthralling. -- Wilmington (N.C.) Sunday Star-News Court-Martial at Parris Island carefully sets the record straight, for the first time.... The clash of personalities, the courtroom drama, and the issues make for fascinating reading as deftly and concisely reconstructed by Stevens. -- Columbia State

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John C. Stevens III, a retired Massachusetts trial court judge, was a practicing attorney for more than twenty-five years. Judge Stevens is a graduate of Brown University and Suffolk University Law School and a contributing author for the Massachusetts Family Law Manual. He spent the summer of 1957 as a Parris Island recruit and experienced firsthand the aftermath of the Ribbon Creek drownings and the McKeon court-martial. He lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.

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