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Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon, an instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, marches his platoon into Ribbon Creek, a swampy tidal creek. This action results in the deaths of six US Marine Corps recruits. McKeon will be found guilty of acting while under the influence of alcohol. The action will become known as The Ribbon Creek Incident, and will inspire Pete Seeger to write the song Waist Deep In The Big Muddy in 1967. It will come to be seen as a thinly veiled criticism of American actions during the Vietnam War, and will face censorship as a result.
The Rhythm'n'Blues Of 1956 package tour plays at the National Guard Armory, Washington, DC, USA. Artists appearing include Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, The Clovers, The Cadillacs, The Turbans, The Sweethearts, Al Jackson and Joe Medlin with Choker Campbell And His Big Band.
Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, The Clovers, The Cadillacs, The Turbans, The Sweethearts, Al Jackson and Joe Medlin with Choker Campbell And His Big Band, play in the Rhythm'n'Blues Of 1956 package tour at the National Guard Armory, Washington, DC, USA.
Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, The Clovers, The Cadillacs, The Turbans, The Sweethearts, Al Jackson and Joe Medlin with Choker Campbell And His Big Band, play in the Rhythm'n'Blues Of 1956 package tour at the National Guard Armory, Washington, DC, USA.