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.

Entering the Marine Corps in 1918, Puller saw combat action during the Banana Wars, World War II, and the Korean conflict. By the time of his retirement in 1955, he had reached the rank of lieutenant general. Puller is one of the most decorated Marines in American history.

Marines relied on small war veterans like Merritt Edson, “Chesty” Puller, and Hermann Hanneken, all of whom drew on their experiences in Nicaragua and Hispaniola to lead them successfully in vicious jungle fighting in the Pacific. 26

2024年6月24日 · Puller was the most decorated Marine in history, and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses. He led Marines in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II, including Guadalcanal and...

2019年7月3日 · Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898–October 11, 1971) was a U.S. Marine who saw battle experience in World War II and in the Korean War conflict. He was one of the most decorated Marines in U.S. history.

When in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, legend has it that he slept on the bare floor of an abandoned hut and refused to let the native people make him a mattress of banana leaves. And he always...

2001年1月1日 · Puller served in the “Banana Wars” in Haiti and Nicaragua, World War II, and the Korean War and participated in some of the grueling and bloody battles the Corps has ever seen. Every Marine recruit is taught who Chesty Puller is.

This time, he was sent to Nicaragua, where the Marines were involved in another Banana War, a name given to a series of conflicts throughout Latin America and the Caribbean from 1898–1934. Puller would earn his nickname “Chesty” and two Navy Crosses for his three years there.

2015年11月18日 · Puller was born in West Point, Va. on June 26, 1898 and joined the Marine Corps in 1918. He served in World War I, the Banana Wars, World War II and Korea until 1955 when he retired at...

2017年6月8日 · Lewis "Chesty" Puller is a United States Marine Corps legend. Through the course of his storied, 37-year in the Corps, Puller rose from the rank of private to lieutenant-general. He joined the Marines after World War I, but was already a combat-hardened commander by the outbreak of World War II.