Archives Branch, USMC History Division
Marine Mascots, Date Unknown
"Pet, pride and mascot of a Marine battalion on Parris Island (S.C.) is "Gismo", baby raccoon, shown here in a family pose with his foster-mother, Nippy, and kit-sister "Gizfoo". A marine drill instructor found the motherless Gismo in the boondocks while his platoon was practicing extended order drill. The mother cat took to the coon as soon as he was put with her, so the three of them live happily together in an orange crate in a battalion mess hall. The mother shows no favoritism at meal time. Corporal Roy Manns, USMC, of Lansing, Mich., arranged the adoption."
From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
Marine Mascots, Date Unknown
"Pet, pride and mascot of a Marine battalion on Parris Island (S.C.) is "Gismo", baby raccoon, shown here in a family pose with his foster-mother, Nippy, and kit-sister "Gizfoo". A marine drill instructor found the motherless Gismo in the boondocks while his platoon was practicing extended order drill. The mother cat took to the coon as soon as he was put with her, so the three of them live happily together in an orange crate in a battalion mess hall. The mother shows no favoritism at meal time. Corporal Roy Manns, USMC, of Lansing, Mich., arranged the adoption."
From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections