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

Lewis Burwell Puller
American history. He is one of two United
States servicemen to be awarded five
Navy Crosses and one Army Distinguished
Service Cross. Puller's six crosses are next
in number to the eight times Eddie
Rickenbacker received the nation's
second-highest military award for valor.[1]

Puller retired from the Marine Corps in

1955, after 37 years of service. He lived in
Virginia and died in 1971, at age 73.
 Puller in 1950
Early life
Nickname(s) "Chesty"

Puller was born in West Point, Virginia, to Born June 26, 1898
West Point, Virginia
Matthew and Martha Puller. His father was
a grocer who died when Lewis was 10 Died October 11, 1971
years old. Puller grew up listening to old (aged 73)
veterans' tales of the American Civil War Hampton, Virginia

and idolizing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Buried Christchurch Parish
He wanted to enlist in the United States Cemetery
Army to fight in the Border War with Christ Church,
Mexico in 1916, but he was too young and Saluda, Virginia
could not get parental consent from his
Allegiance United States
mother.[2]
Service/branch United States
The following year, Puller attended the Marine Corps
Virginia Military Institute but left in August
Years of service 1918–1955
1918 as World War I was still ongoing,
Rank Lieutenant general
saying that he wanted to "go where the
guns are!"[3] Inspired by the 5th Marines Unit 1st Marine Division

at Belleau Wood, he enlisted in the United

at Belleau Wood, he enlisted in the United
Commands held 2nd Marine Division
States Marine Corps as a private and 3rd Marine Division
attended boot camp at the Marine Corps 1st Marines
Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South 1st Battalion, 7th
Carolina.[2] Marines
2nd Battalion, 4th
Although he never saw action in that war, Marines
the Marine Corps was expanding, and
Battles/wars Banana Wars
soon after graduating he attended their
Occupation of
non-commissioned officer school and Haiti
Officer Candidates School (OCS) at
Occupation of
Quantico, Virginia, following that.
Nicaragua
Graduating from OCS on June 16, 1919,
Battle of Agua
Puller was appointed a second lieutenant
Carta
in the reserves, but the reduction in force
from 73,000 to 1,100 officers and 27,400 Battle of El Sauce

men[4] following the war led to his being World War II

put on inactive status 10 days later and
Action along the
[2]
given the rank of corporal. Matanikau

Battle for
Interwar years Henderson Field
 Battle of Cape
Gloucester

Battle of Peleliu

Korean War

Battle of Inchon

Second Battle of
Seoul

Battle of Chosin
Reservoir

Awards Navy Cross (5)

Distinguished

Service Cross
Silver Star
Legion of Merit w/
"V" Device (2)
Bronze Star Medal
w/ "V" Device
Air Medal (3)
Purple Heart
 Spouse(s) Virginia Montague
Evans

Relations Lewis Burwell

Puller, Jr. (son)

2 daughters

First Lieutenant Lewis "Chesty"

Puller (center left) and Sergeant
William "Ironman" Lee (center
right) and two Nicaraguan
soldiers in 1931

Corporal Puller received orders to serve in the Gendarmerie d'Haiti as a lieutenant, seeing
action in Haiti.[5] While the United States was working under a treaty with Haiti, he
participated in over forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the Caco
rebels and attempted to regain his commission as an officer twice. In 1922, he served as an
adjutant to Major Alexander Vandegrift, a future Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Puller returned stateside and was finally recommissioned as a second lieutenant on March
6, 1924 (Service No. 03158), afterward completing assignments at the Marine barracks in
Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and with the 10th Marine Artillery
Regiment in Quantico, Virginia. He was assigned to the Marine barracks at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, in July 1926 and in San Diego, California, in 1928.

Puller with members of the

Guardia Nacional

In December 1928, Puller was assigned to the Nicaraguan National Guard detachment,
where he was awarded his first Navy Cross for his actions from February 16 to August 19,
1930, when he led "five successive engagements against superior numbers of armed bandit
forces." He returned stateside in July 1931 and completed the year-long Company Officers
Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, thereafter returning to Nicaragua from September 20 to
October 1, 1932, and was awarded a second Navy Cross. Puller led American Marines and
Nicaraguan National Guardsmen into battle against Sandinista rebels in the last major
engagement of the Sandino Rebellion near El Sauce on December 26, 1932.

After his service in Nicaragua, Puller was assigned to the Marine detachment at the
American Legation in Beijing, China, commanding a unit of China Marines. He then went on
to serve aboard USS Augusta, a cruiser in the Asiatic Fleet, which was commanded by then-
Captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller returned to the States in June 1936 as an instructor at The
Basic School in Philadelphia, where he trained Ben Robertshaw, Pappy Boyington, and Lew
Walt.[6]

In May 1939, he returned to the Augusta as commander of the on-board Marine

detachment, and then back to China, disembarking in Shanghai in May 1940 to serve as the
executive officer and commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) until August
1941. Major Puller returned to the U.S. on August 28, 1941. After a short leave, he was given
command of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7) of the 1st Marine Division, stationed at New
River, North Carolina (later Camp Lejeune).[7]

World War II
 Lieutenant Colonel Puller on Guadalcanal
in September, 1942

Early in the Pacific theater, the 7th Marines formed the nucleus of the newly created 3rd
Marine Brigade and arrived to defend Samoa on May 8, 1942. Later they were redeployed
from the brigade and on September 4, 1942, they left Samoa and rejoined the 1st Marine
Division at Guadalcanal on September 18, 1942.

Soon after arriving on Guadalcanal, Lt. Col. Puller led his battalion in a fierce action along
the Matanikau, in which Puller's quick thinking saved three of his companies from
annihilation. In the action, these companies were surrounded and cut off by a larger
Japanese force. Puller ran to the shore, signaled a United States Navy destroyer, the USS
Ballard,[8] and then Puller directed the destroyer to provide fire support while landing craft
rescued his Marines from their precarious position. U.S. Coast Guard Signalman First Class
Douglas Albert Munro—Officer-in-Charge of the group of landing craft, was killed while
providing covering fire from his landing craft for the Marines as they evacuated the beach
and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for the action, to date the only Coast
Guardsman to receive the decoration. Puller, for his actions, was awarded the Bronze Star
Medal with Combat "V".

Later on Guadalcanal, Puller was awarded his third Navy Cross, in what was later known as
the "Battle for Henderson Field". Puller commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), one of
two American infantry units defending the airfield against a regiment-strength Japanese
force. The 3rd Battalion of the U.S. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) fought
alongside the Marines. In a firefight on the night of October 24–25, 1942, lasting about three
hours, 1/7 and 3/164 sustained 70 casualties; the Japanese force suffered over 1,400 killed
in action, and the Americans held the airfield. He nominated two of his men (one being Sgt.
John Basilone) for Medals of Honor. He was wounded himself on November 9.

Puller was then made executive officer of the 7th Marine Regiment. While serving in this
capacity at the Battle of Cape Gloucester, Puller was awarded his fourth Navy Cross for

overall performance of duty between December 26, 1943, and January 19, 1944. During this
time, when the battalion commanders of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7) and later, 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5), were under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, he expertly
reorganized the battalion and led the successful attack against heavily fortified Japanese
defensive positions. He was promoted to colonel effective February 1, 1944, and by the end
of the month had been named commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. In September and
October 1944, Puller led the 1st Marine Regiment into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one
of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, and received his first of two Legion of Merit
awards. The 1st Marines under Puller's command lost 1,749 out of approximately 3,000
men, but these losses did not stop Puller from ordering frontal assaults against the well-
entrenched enemy. The corps commander had to order the 1st Marine Division commanding
general to pull the annihilated 1st Marine Regiment out of the line.[9]

During the summer of 1944, Puller's younger brother, Samuel D. Puller, the executive officer
of the 4th Marine Regiment, was killed by an enemy sniper on Guam.[10]

Puller returned to the United States in November 1944, was named executive officer of the
Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Lejeune and, two weeks later, commanding officer. After
the war, he was made director of the 8th Reserve District at New Orleans, and later
commanded the Marine barracks at Pearl Harbor.

Korean War
Colonel Puller cutting the Marine
Corps birthday cake on 10
November 1950.
Colonel Puller studies the terrain
during the Korean War.
 Then-retired Puller and his wife,
Virginia, at their home.

At the outbreak of the Korean War, Puller was once again assigned as commander of the
First Marine Regiment. He participated in the landing at Inchon on September 15, 1950, and
was awarded the Silver Star Medal.[11] For leadership from September 15 through November
2, he was awarded his second Legion of Merit. He was awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross from the U.S. Army for heroism in action from November 29 to December 4, and his
fifth Navy Cross for heroism during December 5–10, 1950, at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
It was during that battle that he said the famous line, "We've been looking for the enemy for
some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."[12]

In January 1951, Puller was promoted to brigadier general and was assigned duty as

assistant division commander (ADC) of the 1st Marine Division. On February 24, however,
his immediate superior, Major General O.P. Smith, was hastily transferred to command IX
Corps when its Army commander, Major General Bryant Moore, died. Smith's transfer left
Puller temporarily in command of the 1st Marine Division until sometime in March. He
completed his tour of duty as assistant commander and left for the United States on May
20, 1951.[13] He took command of the 3rd Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California
until January 1952, and then was assistant commander of the division until June 1952. He
then took over Troop Training Unit Pacific at Coronado, California. In September 1953, he
was promoted to major general.

Post-Korean War

In July 1954, Puller took command of the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina until February 1955 when he became Deputy Camp Commander. He suffered a
stroke,[14] and was retired by the Marine Corps on November 1, 1955, with a tombstone
promotion to lieutenant general.[15]
Regarding his nickname, in a handwritten addition to a typed 22 November 1954 letter to
Major Frank C. Sheppard, Puller wrote, "I agree with you 100%. I had done a little soldiering
previous to Guadalcanal and had been called a lot of names, but why 'Chesty'? Especially
the steel part??"[16]

Relations

Puller's son, Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally known as Lewis Puller), served as a Marine
lieutenant in the Vietnam War. While serving with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1), Lewis Jr.
was severely wounded by a mine explosion, losing both legs and parts of his hands.
Lieutenant General Puller broke down sobbing at seeing his son for the first time in the
hospital.[17] Lewis Jr. won a 1992 Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography, Fortunate Son: The
Healing of a Vietnam Vet. He committed suicide in 1994.

Puller was father-in-law to Colonel William H. Dabney, USMC (retired), a Virginia Military
Institute (VMI) graduate, who was the commanding officer (then Captain) of two heavily
reinforced rifle companies of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines (3/26) from January 21 to April
14, 1968, in Vietnam. During the entire period, Colonel Dabney's force stubbornly defended

Hill 881 South, a regional outpost vital to the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base during
the 77-day siege at the Battle of Khe Sanh. Dabney was recommended for the Navy Cross
for his actions on Hill 881 South, but his battalion executive officer's helicopter carrying the
recommendation papers crashed and the papers were lost. It was not until April 15, 2005,
that Colonel Dabney received the Navy Cross during an award ceremony at Virginia Military
Institute.

Puller was a distant cousin to the famous U.S. Army General George S. Patton.[18]

He was an Episcopalian and parishioner of Christ Church Parish in Saluda and is buried in
the historic cemetery there next to his wife, Virginia Montague Evans.[19]

Decorations and awards

Puller received the second-highest U.S. military award six times (one of only two persons so
honored): five Navy Crosses and one U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross. He was the
second of two U.S. servicemen (after U.S. Navy submarine commander Roy Milton
Davenport) to ever receive five Navy Crosses.

Puller's military awards include:

1st Navy Cross Distinguished
Silver Star
row with four stars Service Cross

Legion of Merit with

2nd Bronze Star Air Medal with
Combat "V" Purple Heart
row with Combat "V" two stars
and one star

World War I
Presidential Unit Marine Corps Good Marine Corps
 Presidential Unit Marine Corps Good Marine Corps
3rd Victory Medal
Citation Conduct Medal Expeditionary Medal
row with West Indies
with 4 stars with 1 star with 1 star
clasp

American
4th Haitian Campaign Second Nicaraguan China Defense Service
row Medal Campaign Medal Service Medal Medal with Base
clasp

Asiatic-Pacific National
5th American World War II
Campaign Medal Defense
row Campaign Medal Victory Medal
with 4 stars Service Medal

Nicaraguan
Korean Service Nicaraguan
6th Haitian Presidential
Medal Cross of Valor
row Médaille militaire Medal of Merit with
with 5 stars with Diploma
Diploma

Order of the Cloud

Korean Order of Republic of Korea United Nations
7th and
Military Merit, Presidential Unit Service
row Banner with Special
Eulji Cordon Medal [20]
Citation Medal for Korea
Cravat
First Navy Cross citation

Citation:

For distinguished service in the line of his profession while commanding a

Nicaraguan National Guard patrol. First Lieutenant Lewis B. Puller, United
States Marine Corps, successfully led his forces into five successful
engagements against superior numbers of armed bandit forces; namely, at
LaVirgen on 16 February 1930, at Los Cedros on 6 June 1930, at Moncotal
on 22 July 1930, at Guapinol on 25 July 1930, and at Malacate on 19 August
1930, with the result that the bandits were in each engagement completely
routed with losses of nine killed and many wounded. By his intelligent and
forceful leadership without thought of his own personal safety, by great
physical exertion and by suffering many hardships, Lieutenant Puller
surmounted all obstacles and dealt five successive and severe blows against
organized banditry in the Republic of Nicaragua.[21]
Second Navy Cross citation

Citation:

First Lieutenant Lewis B. Puller, United States Marine Corps (Captain,

Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua) performed exceptionally meritorious
service in a duty of great responsibility while in command of a Guardia
Patrol from 20 September to 1 October 1932. Lieutenant Puller and his
command of forty Guardia and Gunnery Sergeant William A. Lee, United
States Marine Corps, serving as a First Lieutenant in the Guardia,
penetrated the isolated mountainous bandit territory for a distance of from
eighty to one hundred miles north of Jinotega, his nearest base. This patrol
was ambushed on 26 September 1932, at a point northeast of Mount
Kilambe by an insurgent force of one hundred fifty in a well-prepared
position armed with not less than seven automatic weapons and various
classes of small arms and well-supplied with ammunition. Early in the
combat, Gunnery Sergeant Lee, the Second in Command, was seriously
wounded and reported as dead. The Guardia immediately behind Lieutenant
 Puller in the point was killed by the first burst of fire, Lieutenant Puller, with
great courage, coolness and display of military judgment, so directed the fire
and movement of his men that the enemy were driven first from the high
ground on the right of his position, and then by a flanking movement forced

from the high ground to the left and finally were scattered in confusion with
a loss of ten killed and many wounded by the persistent and well-directed
attack of the patrol. The numerous casualties suffered by the enemy and the
Guardia losses of two killed and four wounded are indicative of the severity
of the enemy resistance. This signal victory in jungle country, with no lines
of communication and a hundred miles from any supporting force, was
largely due to the indomitable courage and persistence of the patrol
commander. Returning with the wounded to Jinotega, the patrol was
ambushed twice by superior forces on 30 September. On both of the
occasions the enemy was dispersed with severe losses.[21]

Third Navy Cross citation

Citation:

For extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of the First Battalion,

Seventh Marines, First Marine Division, during the action against enemy
Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on the night of 24 to 25
October 1942. While Lieutenant Colonel Puller's battalion was holding a
mile-long front in a heavy downpour of rain, a Japanese force, superior in
number, launched a vigorous assault against that position of the line which
passed through a dense jungle. Courageously withstanding the enemy's
desperate and determined attacks, Lieutenant Colonel Puller not only held
his battalion to its position until reinforcements arrived three hours later,
but also effectively commanded the augmented force until late in the
afternoon of the next day. By his tireless devotion to duty and cool judgment
under fire, he prevented a hostile penetration of our lines and was largely
responsible for the successful defense of the sector assigned to his troops.[21]

Fourth Navy Cross citation

Citation:

For extraordinary heroism as Executive Officer of the Seventh Marines, First

Marine Division, serving with the Sixth United States Army, in combat
against enemy Japanese forces at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, from 26
December 1943 to 19 January 1944. Assigned temporary command of the
Third Battalion, Seventh Marines, from 4 to 9 January, Lieutenant Colonel
Puller quickly reorganized and advanced his unit, effecting the seizure of the
objective without delay. Assuming additional duty in command of the Third
Battalion, Fifth Marines, from 7 to 8 January, after the commanding officer
and executive officer had been wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Puller
unhesitatingly exposed himself to rifle, machine-gun and mortar fire from
strongly entrenched Japanese positions to move from company to company
in his front lines, reorganizing and maintaining a critical position along a
fire-swept ridge. His forceful leadership and gallant fighting spirit under the
most hazardous conditions were contributing factors in the defeat of the
enemy during this campaign and in keeping with the highest traditions of
the United States Naval Service.[21]
Fifth Navy Cross citation

Citation

For extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of the First Marines,

First Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against aggressor forces in the
vicinity of Koto-ri, Korea, from 5 to 10 December 1950. Fighting
continuously in sub-zero weather against a vastly outnumbering hostile
force, Colonel Puller drove off repeated and fanatical enemy attacks upon his
Regimental defense sector and supply points. Although the area was
frequently covered by grazing machine-gun fire and intense artillery and
mortar fire, he coolly moved along his troops to insure their correct tactical

employment, reinforced the lines as the situation demanded, and

successfully defended the perimeter, keeping open the main supply routes
for the movement of the Division. During the attack from Koto-ri to
Hungnam, he expertly utilized his Regiment as the Division rear guard,
repelling two fierce enemy assaults which severely threatened the security of
 the unit, and personally supervised the care and prompt evacuation of all
casualties. By his unflagging determination, he served to inspire his men to
heroic efforts in defense of their positions and assured the safety of much
valuable equipment which would otherwise have been lost to the enemy. His
skilled leadership, superb courage and valiant devotion to duty in the face of
overwhelming odds reflect the highest credit upon Colonel Puller and the
United States Naval Service.[21]

Distinguished Service Cross citation

Citation:

The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the
Distinguished Service Cross to Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (MCSN: 0-
3158), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in connection
with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations
while serving as Commanding Officer, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division
 (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of the
Chosin Reservoir, Korea, during the period 29 November to 4 December
1950. Colonel Puller's actions contributed materially to the breakthrough of
the First Marine Regiment in the Chosin Reservoir area and are in keeping
with the highest traditions of the military service.[21]

Namesakes and honors

In addition to his military awards Puller has received numerous honors due to his Marine
Corps service:

On October 26, 2017, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Puller Veterans Care
Center located in Vint Hill, Virginia. The facility was named in honor of Puller and his
wife.[22]

The frigate Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) was named after him.

The headquarters building for 2nd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team on Yorktown Naval
Weapons Station in Yorktown, Virginia, is named Puller Hall in his honor.

Route 33 in Middlesex County, Virginia, is named General Puller Highway. It is the county
in which Puller is buried.

On November 10, 2005, the United States Postal Service issued its Distinguished Marines
stamps in which Puller was honored.[23]

The Marine Corps' mascot is perpetually named "Chesty Pullerton." (e.g. Chesty XIII). He
is always a purebred English Bulldog.

In 2012, Military Sealift Command announced that a Mobile Landing Platform will be
named after Puller, USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1).[24]

Death and legacy

 A memorial flagpole erected
in Puller's honor in his
hometown of West Point

Following his retirement Puller lived in Saluda, Virginia, where he was later buried after his

death on October 11, 1971, at Christ Church Parish Episcopal next to his wife.[25]

Puller remains a well-known figure in U.S. Marine Corps folklore, with both true and
exaggerated tales of his experiences being constantly recounted among U.S. Marines.

A common incantation in U.S. Marine Corps boot camp is to end one's day with the
declaration, "Good night, Chesty, wherever you are!"[26] Another common encouragement
is "Chesty Puller never quit!"

In U.S. Marine Corps recruit training and OCS cadences, Marines chant "It was good for
Chesty Puller/And it's good enough for me" as well as "Tell Chesty Puller I did my best."—
Chesty is symbolic of the esprit de corps of the Marines. Also, the recruits sing "Chesty
Puller was a good Marine and a good Marine was he."

U.S. Marines, while doing push-ups, will tell each other to "do one for Chesty!"

Puller insisted upon good equipment and discipline; once he came upon a second lieutenant
who had ordered an enlisted man to salute him 100 times for missing a salute. Puller told the
lieutenant, "You were absolutely correct in making him salute you 100 times, Lieutenant, but
you know that an officer must return every salute he receives. Now return them all, and I will
keep count."[27][28][29]

While on duty in Hawaii and inspecting the armory, Puller fined himself $100 for accidentally
discharging a .45 caliber pistol indoors, although the charge for his men was only $20.[29]

In popular culture

The book Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller, ISBN 978-0553271829, is about his life as a
Marine.
The book Chesty Puller's Rules of Success, ISBN 978-1885541079, written by Bill Davis,
Col, USMC (ret) explores 20 of Puller's "self-imposed principles of action" he gleaned
from numerous meetings with the legendary General.

The book Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC, ISBN 978-
0375760440, by Col. Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR, is a complete biography of his life, and
winner of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's 2001 General Wallace M. Greene
Award: Best Marine Corps History Book of the Year.

John Ford directed Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend a 1976 film documentary.

In the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), Puller is played by the American actor William
Sadler.

See also

List of historically notable United States Marines

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