Chesty Puller

Lieutenant Lewis Berwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 - October 11, 1971) was a US naval officer. He is the most beautifully decorated US Marine.

If we remain weak like we are now, our country will never last forever. There are not a few Americans - some foreign soldiers will invade us, bring us our women and nurture a more rigorous race.

We were looking for enemies for a while. We finally found him. We are surrounded. This simplifies things

When the US Marine Corps adopted the training and the OCS rhythm, the Marine Corps cried out that "This is good for Chesty Puller / enough for me" - Chesty symbol team spirit marines. In addition, the recruits sang: "Chesty Puller is an excellent Marine Corps, he is an excellent Marine Corps." Lalle claimed good equipment and discipline; once he met the Lieutenant He tributes I ordered a soldier to pay him a tribute 100 times as he did not pay. Puller told the lieutenant, "It is absolutely right for you to pay 100 respects to him, but the official knows that he must reply to all the gifts he receives.

Through his decades of service and fearless leadership, Lewis "Chesty" Puller settled the position as a marine idol. In addition to his numerous awards, Puller also includes many more, including frigateship Lewis B · Pulluller (FFG - 23), anti - terrorism security team headquarters building, and the 2nd Fleet Navy Fleet Highway 33 in Yorktown, York I was honored. Virginia Middlesex County was named after him. In November 2005, the US Postal Authority issued an Outstanding Marine Corps stamp, which Puller won honor with Daniel J. Daily, John Basileone, and John A Resume. In 2012, the military maritime headquarters announced that the mobile landing platform was named after Puller and is named USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-MLP-3 / T-AFSB-1). The former Navy Camp Pearl Harbor, which was a resident of the Hawaiian military officer including historic buildings, celebrated Pulah that lived there from 1948 to 1950 and was lovingly celebrating as "Chesty Puller House" It is done.

Lewis "Chesty" Puller was born on Matthew and Martha Puller at West Point, Virginia on June 26, 1898. When La Pula was growing, he was telling civil war veterans the stories of their war days Thomas "Stone Wall" Jackson is Lewis' young idol. In 1916, he tried to participate in a border war between the US military and Mexico, but he was too young to join the army, and his mother agreed to allow him to join the army did not do it. In 1917, Puller came to enroll at the Virginia military academy, but in 1918 he left school to join the Marine Corps, but his goal of seeing actions during the First World War It could not be achieved.