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Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was 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.
21 Μαΐ 2024 · Chesty Puller died in 1971 when he was 73 years old, and he is buried in Virginia.
23 Μαΐ 1994 · Lewis B. (“Chesty”) Puller had won his general’s stars leading his regiment to safety in the harrowing American retreat from the Chosin Reservoir during the first winter of the Korean War.
11 Οκτ 2018 · The young Puller nearly died after being so severely injured in action; at one point, his body weight dropped to just 55 pounds. But, as many of his fellow wounded veterans put it, Puller was “too stubborn to die.”
Chesty Puller - The Marine's Marine: Directed by Edward Feuerherd. With Joseph H. Alexander, R. Lawrence Coughlin, Virginia Puller Dabney, Raymond G. Davis. The life of decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer Chesty Puller.
12 Οκτ 1971 · HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 11 (AP) —Lieut. Gen. Lewis B. Puller, the most decorated member of the Marine Corps, died tonight after a long illness. He was 73 years old. Tough, Profane and Loyal.
31 Ιουλ 2019 · Puller ran up and down the line, instructing his men to take cover (behind whatever they could), and when it was nearly over, Puller walked the lines while casually smoking a pipe and...