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Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller "We're Surrounded... That Simplifies Our Problems" Links About Marine Corps
General Chesty Puller |
Beginning his career as an enlisted man and retiring as a Lt. General, Chesty Puller finally retired after 37 years of leading Marines against the enemy.
| Joining the Marines in 1918, just as the military involvement in The Great War ended, Chesty would not give-up and found himself, by his own determination, as part of US Military Involvement in Central America. Chesty quickly amassed essential combat experience against rebels in the jungles of Haiti and Nicaragua where he is shown in the photo where Chesty, 2nd from left, and his men pause to pose in front of the remains of one of their enemies. (only the boots were left after being blasted with submachine gun fire) Direct experience in the lower ranks in real combat situations made Chesty Puller know war intuitively, remarking constantly of his frustrations what he saw as the antiquated and impotent training methods used by U.S. Army officers like Douglas MacArthur. |
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When Marines hit the beaches in the Pacific, unlike the army generals, Chester never hesistated to be there right there on the front lines with his men making sure they had the equipment and direction they needed to kill the enemy. Even before the war, Chesty began training his marines under live fire in anticipation of the events soon to unfold. In his first battle against the Japs, the U.S. Marines attacked using the old 1903 Springfield Bolt Action Rifles. When army units bringing supplies of brand new M1-Garand rifles found themselves pinned down by Jap fire, Puller's Marines braved the fire, retrieving the new heavy duty weapons for themselves instead.
Want to learn more? Read this book.
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Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis A Great Book About A Great Man |
