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Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina
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Private George V. Vest, grandson of former Marine Corps Commandant Major General Wendell C. Neville, is undergoing boot training at Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot after enlisting in Boston on June 3rd. He graduated from Brown University this year and comes from a military family, with his father a Navy captain and brother a Marine lieutenant.
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PARRIS ISLAND—The grandson of a former Commandant of the Marine Corps is now undergoing "boot" training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot here. Private George V. Vest, whose grandfather Major General Wendell C. Neville was commandant in 1929-30, enlisted at Boston June 3rd. Vest, who was graduated from Brown University earlier this year, comes from a line of military men. His father, John P. W. Vest, is a captain in the Navy and George's older brother is a lieutenant in the Marines.
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Parris Island
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June 3rd
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Private George V. Vest, grandson of former Commandant Major General Wendell C. Neville, is undergoing boot training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island after enlisting at Boston June 3rd. He graduated from Brown University earlier this year and comes from a line of military men, with his father a captain in the Navy and older brother a lieutenant in the Marines.