Quotes by Chesty Puller
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Wikipedia Summary for Chesty Puller
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) served as a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War as a senior officer. By the time of his retirement in 1955, he had reached the rank of lieutenant general.
Puller is the most decorated Marine in American history. He is one of two United States servicemen to be awarded five Navy Crosses (Roy M. Davenport) and one Army Distinguished Service Cross. Puller's six crosses are next in number to the seven times Eddie Rickenbacker received the nation's second-highest military award for valor.
Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, after 37 years of service. He lived in Virginia and died in 1971, at age 73.
The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during the war.
So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!
In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.
In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.
