<P> Taliano was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio . He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in November 1963 . In 1966, Taliano became a drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina . </P> <P> The famous poster photograph of Taliano, which features him giving a new Marine recruit an "attitude readjustment," was taken in 1968, less than one month before Taliano was honorably discharged from active duty . A reservist, who was writing a book about the Marine boot camp at Parris Island, took the photograph of Taliano . The picture, which shows Taliano just inches from a recruit's face, would be adopted by the Marine Corps as a recruitment poster throughout the 1970s and 1980s . It added the caption, "We don't promise you a rose garden", for the poster . </P> <P> Taliano was released from active duty in November 1968, less than one month after the photograph was taken . He was honorably discharged in November 1969 . He worked in the publishing industry for more than 30 years . He retired to a home in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 2001 . </P> <P> Following his retirement, Taliano became the manager of the Parris Island Museum's gift shop, Alexander Ship's Store, in late 2002 . Taliano quickly became an attraction himself, as visitors and active military personnel would stop at the museum to meet him . Stephen Wise, the curator of the Parris Island Museum told The Beaufort Gazette in 2010, "Everyone from generals to former privates would stop by to see him ." </P>

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